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Huge +1 to this. Managed switching with hardware offload is the only thing standing between me and a fully open source* homelab. I'm vaguely aware of some ente

Huge +1 to this. Managed switching with hardware offload is the only thing standing between me and a fully open source* homelab. I'm vaguely aware of some enterprise options. I want something quieter and reasonably power efficient. Price is no object within reason. I would pay low 4 figures for something equivalent to a Mikrotik CRS326, but with upstream kernel drivers and an X86 CPU. * I don't run libreboot or anything, I'm sure there's a fair bit of closed blobs in my lab, but almost all my devices can boot any standard Linux boot image.

IgorPartola 2y ago
What exactly would you use such a device for in a home lab environment?
- IYasha 2y ago
  In my case, 410G + 241G switch fulfills needs of a home LAN in a typical house/apartment. To have it running some FOSS OS would be a dream.
- hamandcheese 2y ago
  My desires are driven by ideology rather than any specific requirement. My needs are met by my Mikrotik CRS328, but I loathe all devices that I pay for but do not own (if I owned it, I could run software of my own choosing on it).
  - IgorPartola 2y ago
    I meant more this: why do you need to manage 48 separate VLANs for a home lab?
    - mulmen 2y ago
      48 ports, not 48 VLANS.
    - hamandcheese 2y ago
      I'm not sure where you got 48 from. I need 4 or 5 VLANs. I need a little bit of PoE. I need a little bit of SFP+. I want it all to fit in 1U of rack space. The VLANs are to keep my network segmented: wan, management, internet of shit, trusted, testing.
alufers 2y ago
Wouldn't a switch with ONIE [1] and Sonic NOS support [2] do the trick? (I don't know the prices of such switches or whether they are available to prosumers, which would explain why almost nobody has them in a homelab) [1] https://opencomputeproject.github.io/onie/ https://opencomputeproject.github.io/onie/ [2] https://sonicfoundation.dev/ https://sonicfoundation.dev/
- hamandcheese 2y ago
  Where can I buy one?
vdfs 2y ago
Funny things many of those commercial switches available now run customized version of OpenWRT with different UI and custimization that make it hard to tell it's oprnwrt

IgorPartola 2y ago

What exactly would you use such a device for in a home lab environment?

IYasha 2y ago
In my case, 410G + 241G switch fulfills needs of a home LAN in a typical house/apartment. To have it running some FOSS OS would be a dream.
hamandcheese 2y ago
My desires are driven by ideology rather than any specific requirement. My needs are met by my Mikrotik CRS328, but I loathe all devices that I pay for but do not own (if I owned it, I could run software of my own choosing on it).
- IgorPartola 2y ago
  I meant more this: why do you need to manage 48 separate VLANs for a home lab?
  - mulmen 2y ago
    48 ports, not 48 VLANS.
  - hamandcheese 2y ago
    I'm not sure where you got 48 from. I need 4 or 5 VLANs. I need a little bit of PoE. I need a little bit of SFP+. I want it all to fit in 1U of rack space. The VLANs are to keep my network segmented: wan, management, internet of shit, trusted, testing.

alufers 2y ago

Wouldn't a switch with ONIE [1] and Sonic NOS support [2] do the trick? (I don't know the prices of such switches or whether they are available to prosumers, which would explain why almost nobody has them in a homelab) [1] https://opencomputeproject.github.io/onie/ https://opencomputeproject.github.io/onie/ [2] https://sonicfoundation.dev/ https://sonicfoundation.dev/

hamandcheese 2y ago
Where can I buy one?

vdfs 2y ago

Funny things many of those commercial switches available now run customized version of OpenWRT with different UI and custimization that make it hard to tell it's oprnwrt