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 -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
