Re: Quanta LB4M

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

I noticed that one I have already has the 1.1.0.8 firmware. Upon switching to it, I noticed that I gained SSH, but lost 
HTTP. Has anyone else seen that? 




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----- Original Message -----

From: "Jared Mauch" <jared () puck nether net> 
To: "Mike Hammett" <nanog () ics-il net> 
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog () nanog org> 
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 2:56:17 PM 
Subject: Re: Quanta LB4M 


> On Jun 28, 2015, at 2:50 PM, Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net> wrote: 
>
> Has anyone gotten a "non-factory" firmware to go onto these guys? There are a couple threads on Google that are 
> inconclusive. There are rumors that it's the same as a Dell something or an HP something else, but no one has 
> outright said, "I loaded a Dell XXXX firmware onto it and solved all of the random ass bugs." 

I managed to brick one of these by loading the wrong firmware, or doing it at the wrong layer. 

I have gotten a few more and these are great switches for home or environment where you have a spare on hand. You can 
usually get them for around $100 on eBay. 

The firmware is *really* not designed for anything fancy but I’ve been able to drop in a variety of optics and have it 
work without issues in the 10G ports. 

Check the flash on them as there is a primary/secondary flash once you’re past the boot image. (Don’t try to flash it 
from that level, that’s how I killed it at least). 

I tossed a few different firmware versions I extracted here, as well as the flash0/flash1 images and the doc i found 
for it. 

http://puck.nether.net/~jared/lb4m/ 

- Jared