Want to get sponsored by me? Here’s how.

Wait, what? What do you mean by sponsoring?

I do own a significant amount of hardware, aka servers, networking hardware & wireless infrastructure. I use this equipment to provide mobile infrastructure at events, for lab purposes (testing setups for customers, education, etc), number crunching, etc…

However, this equipment sits unused from time to time.

I actually enjoy setting up mobile infrastructure / networks at events. Hence I am always looking for cool events where I can have fun and can have my equipment that would otherwise sit unused provide some benefit!

So if you are conducting a non-profit event and need some temporary infrastructure & manpower at no cost, please feel free to Contact Me.

If you are conducting a for-profit event and need some temporary infrastructure & manpower, please also Contact Me to discuss your requirements and get a quote.

There will be no dry-hire of equipment.

Below is an excerpt from the list of equipment that is available

Excerpt of available equipment (click for details)

Switches

QSFP+/QSFP28, SFP+/QSFP28

  • 2x Mellanox SN3700 32x100G QSFP28 running Cumulus Linux 5.12
  • 4x Mellanox SN2700 32x100G QSFP28 running Cumulus Linux 5.12 (2x Spectrum A0, 2x Spectrum A1)
  • 4x Mellanox SN2410 48x25G SFP28 + 8x100G QSFP28 running Cumulus Linux 5.12 (all Spectrum A1)
  • 3x Mellanox SN2010 18x25G SFP28 + 4x100G QSFP28 running Cumulus Linux 5.12 (all Spectrum A1)
  • 8x Broadcom Tomahawk-based Spine switches 32x100G QSFP28 (Plexxi PX-S3EQ aka Celestica DX010) running EOS 4.30.5M
  • 4x Arista 7050QX-32S Trident-II 32x40G QSFP+ running EOS 4.28.13M

RJ-45 (1GBase-T / 10GBase-T / NBase-T)

  • 5x Arista 7050TX-72Q Trident-II 48x10G RJ45 + 6x40G QSFP+ running EOS 4.28.13M
  • 2x Ruckus ICX7650-48ZP 24x10/5/2.5/1G RJ45 + 24x1G RJ45 + 2x100G/4x40G QSFP28 with PoE++ (802.3bt), running FastIron 10
  • 3x Juniper EX4300-48MP 24x10/5/2.5/1G RJ45 + 24x1G RJ45 + 2x100G QSFP28 with PoE++ (802.3bt), running Junos 21.4R3-S7.6
  • A ton of Brocade / Ruckus ICX7450, ICX6610, ICX7150, ICX7250, ICX6450 including 12 (fanless), 24 and 48 port models with and without PoE

General networking

  • Huge amount of transceivers
    • 3 digit amount of 100G-CWDM4, primarily 2km but also 10km variants, capable of running at 100G and 40G
    • good amount of 40G-LR4 10km
    • good amount of 10GBase-LR 10km
    • huge amount of 40G-SR4
  • Huge amount of QSFP28 to QSFP28 cables in various lengths (0.5m / 1m / 1.5m / 2m / 3m)
  • Good amount of QSFP28 to 4x SFP28 breakout cables
  • Some SFP28 cables

Servers & Parts & Misc

  • 3x AMD EPYC 7763 64C @ Supermicro H12SSL-NT + 512GB RAM + 2x Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx 2x100G QSFP28 NIC + 1x Mellanox ConnectX-5 2x25G SFP28 NIC + 2x 1.92TB Samsung PM983 M.2 SSD + 4x 3.84TB Samsung PM1733 U.2 SSD + 12-slot full Hybrid SATA/SAS/NVMe Gen5 backplane + Broadcom 9500-8i HBA +
  • 2x Supermicro SuperServer 1029P-WTRT, 2x Xeon 8259CL 24C + 384GB RAM + 2x Mellanox ConnectX-4 2x100G QSFP28 NIC + 1x Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 2x25G SFP28 NIC
  • 3x Intel Xeon Platinum 8259CL 24C @ ASRock Rack EPC621D8A + 1024GB Optane RAM / DCPMM + 192GB RAM + 1x Mellanox ConnetX-4 2x100Q QSFP28 NIC + 1x Intel X710-based 4x10G SFP+ NIC + 12-slot Hybrid SATA/SAS/NVMe Backplane + Broadcom 9400-8i HBA
  • 3x Mini-Server Supermicro X10SDV-7TP4F 8C + 128GB RAM + Mellanox ConnectX-5 2x25G SFP28 NIC + 2x onboard 10G SFP+ + 2x 1.92TB Intel S4610 SSD + 2x 960GB Intel S4610 SSD
  • various more dual socket Intel Xeon Platinum machines (8259CL / 8275CL)
  • Ryzen 5950X 16C @ ASRock Rack X570D4U-2L2T + 128GB RAM,…
  • Various NICs (primarily Mellanox ConnectX-6, Mellanox ConnectX-4, Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx, etc…) & other parts like HBAs
  • Vertiv GXT5 3000VA double conversion UPS
  • Vertiv GXT4 3000VA double conversion UPS, Vertiv GXT4 1500VA double conversion UPS

Wireless infrastructure

  • 3x Ruckus SmartZone SZ124 appliance (running SmartZone 6.1.2)
  • 7x Ruckus R850 8:8x8 Wi-Fi 6 AP
  • 7x Ruckus T750 4:4x4 Wi-Fi 6 Outdoor AP with custom mounting hardware
  • A collection of Ruckus R750 4:4x4, R650, R550 and R350 Wi-Fi 6 APs
  • A collection of Ruckus R720 4:4x4 and R710 Wi-Fi 5 APs
  • A collection of Ruckus T710s (sector) and T610s (sector) Wi-Fi5 outdoor APs