My Home Lab
11 Aug 2017
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The purpose of my home-lab is many-fold. Obviously, studying for Cisco certifications is one of them, however I also like to just play around with things. The build of my lab supports whatever crazy stuff I want to do at any given time.
The purpose of my home-lab is many-fold. Obviously, studying for Cisco certifications is one of them, however I also like to just play around with things. The build of my lab supports whatever crazy stuff I want to do at any given time.
*** NOTE: My lab has gone through significant changes recently, I will update this soon(ish)
*** NOTE: My lab has gone through significant changes recently, I will update this soon(ish)
Currently (as of 11 Aug 2017), my lab consists of the following:
Control Node (AKA: my computer)
Control Node (AKA: my computer)
- Intel 7900x
- 64GB RAM
- 2x 500GB SSD
- 3x 1TB SSD (RAID 0)
Dell R710: (Blogpost)
Dell R710: (Blogpost)
Specs:
Specs:
- 2x Xeon 5660
- 128GB RAM
- 4x 1Gbps NIC. 1x 10Gbps NIC
- 12TB of storage (RAID 0: 6x 2TB 7200RPM Hard drives)
- 32GB flash drive (OS Install)
Software:
Software:
- Xubuntu 17.04
- SMB (Provides Windows file shares for my wife and I)
- VM Ware Workstation Pro 12.5
- GNS3 2.0.3 (only the server portion) - Installation tutorial forthcoming
- TFTP-HPA - Installation tutorial forthcoming
Virtual Machines:
Virtual Machines:
- VIRL 1.2.8.3
- APIC-EM
- Graylog
- OpenNMS (Eventually)
- 4x Xubuntu clients to validate lab work
Cisco physical gear:
Cisco physical gear:
Routers:
Routers:
- 1x 2811 with 2 WIC-2T's
- 4x 2821 with 2 WIC-2T's each
Switches:
Switches:
- 4948-10GE
- 4x 3560's
- 8x 3550's
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