On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Curt Lundgren <[email protected]> wrote:
> We observed a moment of silence at Watkins earlier today as I decommissioned
> our very last HP Procurve 4000 switch.  If your requirements include 10/100
> Mbit ports (up to 80) or 100FX ports with SC connectors, gigabit 1000SX (did
> I get that right?) with SC connectors, or even gigabit copper, have we got a
> deal for you!
>
> There are 10 slots on a 4000 switch, and you may interchangeably plug in
> cards that do eight 10/100 copper ports, 4 100FX fiber ports, 1 gigabit
> fiber port or 1 gigabit copper Ethernet.  The 4000 is a managed switch,
> supporting up to 30 VLANs.  They're rock solid reliable and yes, they are
> *still* covered by HP's lifetime warranty.  Our most recent problem was in
> 2010 and HP shipped the replacement fan assembly without so much as a hint
> of a question.
>
> They are not quiet, given they have a couple of fans for cooling.  The
> management interface isn't fast, but the switches do a great job at wire
> speed and without any complaint.  They are rack mountable in a 4U (7") form
> factor.  One or two have redundant supplies, the others do not.
>
> We have four, and it's first-come-first-served.  We'll be happy to include
> such spare cards as we have in stock.  We've moved on to the 2600 and 2800
> series switches, so the 4000s must go.
>
> We'd like to find them good homes.  They are good switches, even if you just
> do a complete reset (we'll help you with that) and use them as an enormous
> unmanaged switch.
>
> I know, the demand will be huge.  You may pick up your prize at Watkins
> College starting Monday the 8th.   If you're not in the immediate Nashville
> area, we can hold your switch for a reasonable amount of time.

In exchange for one, I would be happy to do an NLUG presentation on
SNMP and setting up pretty looking bandwidth graphs.  If you need a
home for a second, I would be happy to take it off your hands, though
I don't want to be greedy, if there are other potential homes for
those switches.

-Tilghman

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