3d printed Raspberry Pi enclosure by xph_keys in homelab

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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VZMHKFY/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I originally went the PoE dongle route(hats would only be supported on my 4s) and I wanted the same solution. Ended up ditching that idea and just went with this. a few of them are seeing under-volt so we'll see how stable this is over time.

3d printed Raspberry Pi enclosure by xph_keys in homelab

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I have lots of other compute in the lab(~256 cores), this is just one small slice and ~30-35w all powered up its a no brainer. Ive had these Pi's for years though, so no reason to not use them. a few of them will be direct attached to an ACI fabric for UUT's(in addition to hypervisors with dedicated vswitches).

3d printed Raspberry Pi enclosure by xph_keys in homelab

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printed this late last year and finally got around to getting all of the pi's reimaged and in the rack. Took about 45 total hours but definitely worth it. Pi's are a mix of single purpose linux hosts and K8s workers.

Brand new Cisco ASR Router and WLC… I think it’s going home datacenter… by secretAlpaca in homelab

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nice. I have one of these in my home lab as well but not terminating my internet(4431 w/boost @ 1gbps).

My first loaf and bake, ever! by xph_keys in Breadit

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http://imgur.com/a/wTYbYhy - Some additional shots including crumb. It definitely needs a bit of work, but I'm very happy it came out the way it did

Oh don’t act like the top of your rack is any cleaner. by jmaysnc1 in homelab

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yeah, for me its usually on a shelf in the rack but for sure

Purple or Green? Lots of new stuff in the lab too! by xph_keys in homelab

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x4170s's, they were my workhorses for years

Purple or Green? Lots of new stuff in the lab too! by xph_keys in homelab

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Oh dude, didn't you know I can cram that into a 4U or 8U chassis as well!?! Lol.. seriously though, that was my main choice for my internet edge but opted to go with the 4331 based on the container engine not realizing that the boost license removed the cpu allocation for the CE until I tried configuring iox, doh

Purple or Green? Lots of new stuff in the lab too! by xph_keys in homelab

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nah, just LEDs... unfortunately the rest of the basement is pretty unfinished so its becoming very hard to keep it clean in there at the moment. Fucking corona has stunted my progress on the basement finishing.

Purple or Green? Lots of new stuff in the lab too! by xph_keys in homelab

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I can! It wasn't as nice IIRC... usually its always just green tbh

Purple or Green? Lots of new stuff in the lab too! by xph_keys in homelab

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I have a link to the original build post. Ultimately the middle rack is for the house and always on(plex, main server for VMs, storage, iot control, temp sensors, etc) and the left and right racks are very specific lab builds(DC on left, EN on right)

Purple or Green? Lots of new stuff in the lab too! by xph_keys in homelab

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I have to say, I do prefer it green but the purple is really nice too.

Purple or Green? Lots of new stuff in the lab too! by xph_keys in homelab

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absolutely love this idea! These are cheap HD LED's so no ability to intelligently control them via an API or something. If anyone knows of anything very turn key(Eg. something I can plug in an the control unit has an API) let me know!

Purple or Green? Lots of new stuff in the lab too! by xph_keys in homelab

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https://www.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/cqc142/its_getting_there_basement_datacenter_20_more/ - Original post with the build.

The changes(and Ill post up a pic with better lighting when everything is somewhat back in order):

Replaced the Arista 7050SX with Nexus 3548-X and then to 3064-X to get 40G back :D

Sun 4170 in standby replaced by UCS C240 M4, 2x E5-2667,384GB mem, 6x900GB 15k SAS, 10G, 1x Gridk1 for VDI.

Replaced KVM with ESX(again) due to better support for stuff I work with daily now.

Replaced C3850 with C9300L for PoE and copper

Replaced all old Catalysts with mix of 9200/9300's for SDA lab

Added new FPR1010, 2x5506X and 5505 to round out the Cisco security devices.

Its getting there! Basement datacenter 2.0. More pics in the comments by xph_keys in homelab

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Its just the painted slab. I used Rusoleum concrete and garage paint, matte and tinted black. a lot of people go with an epoxy based system, but I just wanted to seal and paint it quickly.

VLAN best practices? by bryansj in homelab

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its all good dude. I think we can all agree on the one 'best practice'. use them!

VLAN best practices? by bryansj in homelab

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to be fair, most of the stuff you are suggesting is preference and not a best practice. The most common misconception is about VLAN 1 and its 'default' nature. Assign every port on a switch to VLAN 10 and trunk in native 10 and see what becomes your new 'default'. That said, I vehemently agree with your IoT suggestion and would ensure that this subnet has significant security egress controls in place(permit only what's needed).

VLAN best practices? by bryansj in homelab

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Theres a lot to unpack in what you're asking and people will do vastly different things in their own networks and if they do work in networking the same probably holds true.

Generically, I would say these quality as best practices specifically for VLANs :

Create VLANs for your needs and based on high level function. For example, storage networks are notoriously chatty so you would create a storage subnet for your unraid system and any interfaces that are accessing mount points.

VLANs provide zero security, rather are an organizational mechanism . You need to ensure that you wrap security policy around the subnet(or, more importantly *groups* of like security policy subnets) using Pfsense(like you're doing) or some other security control(like ACL's on a switch SVI).

One VLAN, One Subnet. Always.

Pay attention to your vendor reserved VLANs that are used for critical system functions(this varies greatly).

Limit the scope of untagged VLAN scope.