The x710 has 4 SFP+ ports. You don't necessarily need dedicated physical interfaces for each router either. Our CHR boxes have a single x710 and several instances of CHR "sharing" the physical interfaces. We use ESXi with a virtual switch trunking VLANs to the CHR instances.
On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 3:43 PM Steven Kenney <st...@wavedirect.org> wrote: > Right those are 2x though for a total of 4 ports. I need more than that, > especially if I want to run more than one router on these. > > Might even consider to see if there is any support for 40Gbps cards or > whether a server's bus can handle those speeds with a card. I can > aggregate different devices on a switch instead. > > [image: logo] <https://www.wavedirect.net/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ruralhighspeed> > <https://www.instagram.com/wave.direct/> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wavedirect-telecommunication/> > <https://twitter.com/wavedirect1> > <https://www.youtube.com/user/WaveDirect> > * STEVEN KENNEY * > DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY & CONTINUITY A: 158 Erie St. N | > Leamington ON > E: st...@wavedirect.org | P: 519-737-9283 > W: www.wavedirect.net > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Josh Baird" <joshba...@gmail.com> > *To: *"af" <af@af.afmug.com> > *Sent: *Monday, December 21, 2020 3:34:23 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations > > 2x Intel x710. > > On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 2:22 PM Steven Kenney <st...@wavedirect.org> > wrote: > >> I've considered this too as a temporary measure because I can get some >> off lease well maintained Dell servers for peanuts. Problem is finding the >> right cards when you need 8 sfp+ ports. >> >> [image: logo] <https://www.wavedirect.net/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ruralhighspeed> >> <https://www.instagram.com/wave.direct/> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wavedirect-telecommunication/> >> <https://twitter.com/wavedirect1> >> <https://www.youtube.com/user/WaveDirect> >> * STEVEN KENNEY * >> DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY & CONTINUITY A: 158 Erie St. N | >> Leamington ON >> E: st...@wavedirect.org | P: 519-737-9283 >> W: www.wavedirect.net >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"TJ Trout" <t...@voltbb.com> >> *To: *"af" <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Sent: *Monday, December 21, 2020 12:41:53 PM >> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations >> >> We just bought 5x brand new 1072s and they are rebooting by watchdog. >> Upgraded ros and firmware, Disabled watchdog and then they hard freeze and >> require a reboot. >> >> We are going chr route. 1072 is junk. >> >> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020, 9:34 AM Dennis Burgess <dmburg...@linktechs.net> >> wrote: >> >>> Hate to say it, but worked. Keep in mind that these units that we have >>> had this issue had been running for 3+ years, so, it was out of warranty >>> anyways. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *[image: LTI-Full_175px]* >>> >>> >>> *Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, >>> MTCINE, MTCSE, HE IPv6 Sage, Cambium ePMP Certified * >>> >>> Author of "Learn RouterOS- Second Edition” >>> >>> *Link Technologies, Inc* -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services >>> >>> *Office*: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net >>> >>> Create Wireless Coverage’s with www.towercoverage.com >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of * Josh Baird >>> *Sent:* Monday, December 21, 2020 9:45 AM >>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations >>> >>> >>> >>> Haha - "Get a new one" .. only with MT. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 8:22 AM Dennis Burgess <dmburg...@linktechs.net> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Get a new one. That’s what we did, replaced it and the issue went >>> away. Its like the 1072 has some kind of bug, or maybe a leaky cap, that >>> eventually causes them to do this. No matter of fiddling fixes it, we >>> swapped out the unit and have not have the same issue since. We have 1072s >>> running 15gig inbound without issues. So, while I do attest that this is >>> a MT (rather routeros) issue, we don’t have any data to know where it is >>> unless the manufacture can tell us. So far they are tight lipped. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> *[image: LTI-Full_175px]* >>> >>> >>> *Dennis Burgess, Mikrotik Certified Trainer MTCNA, MTCRE, MTCWE, MTCTCE, >>> MTCINE, MTCSE, HE IPv6 Sage, Cambium ePMP Certified * >>> >>> Author of "Learn RouterOS- Second Edition” >>> >>> *Link Technologies, Inc* -- Mikrotik & WISP Support Services >>> >>> *Office*: 314-735-0270 Website: http://www.linktechs.net >>> >>> Create Wireless Coverage’s with www.towercoverage.com >>> >>> >>> >>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steven Kenney >>> *Sent:* Monday, December 21, 2020 12:56 AM >>> *To:* af <af@af.afmug.com> >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations >>> >>> >>> >>> Their support is behaving the same way exactly. They told me to take >>> the watchdog off and allow the internet to be frozen (downtime for all my >>> customers) whenever it happens at any random point in the day/night while I >>> rush to log into it with a serial cable. The absurdity of it. Luckily I >>> told him from day one that I have a CONSOLE SERVER and that I log all the >>> serial output of all my switches and routers. But even though I told them >>> that a couple times they still requested I plug in a serial cable and wait >>> for it to freeze. So I'm like .. hellooo there is a serial cable plugged >>> in at all times! I told him there is no output. It just reboots. I even >>> humored him and turned the watchdog off and we had a reboot on the weekend >>> while the cable was plugged in and the console was logged in. I even had >>> logging set to echo for a lot of things and nothing.. just a hard freeze. >>> >>> >>> >>> There is no BGP on this one and the processor is not high leading up to >>> the crash at all. Updated 5 times already and its just a placebo. They >>> need to get their shit together. >>> >>> >>> >>> [image: logo] >>> <https://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fwww.wavedirect.net&umid=D7E8655E-B6F3-F705-88EA-2A08303811DF&auth=079c058f437b7c6303d36c6513e5e8848d0c5ac4-ed4acb70d3fb71b72aeea4066f6012bfa1e2e66e> >>> >>> <https://www.facebook.com/ruralhighspeed> >>> <https://www.instagram.com/wave.direct/> >>> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wavedirect-telecommunication/> >>> <https://twitter.com/wavedirect1> >>> <https://www.youtube.com/user/WaveDirect> >>> >>> *STEVEN KENNEY * >>> *DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL CONNECTIVITY & CONTINUITY * >>> >>> *A: 158 Erie St. N | Leamington ON E: st...@wavedirect.org >>> <st...@wavedirect.org> | P: 519-737-9283 W: >>> https://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=www.wavedirect.net&umid=D7E8655E-B6F3-F705-88EA-2A08303811DF&auth=079c058f437b7c6303d36c6513e5e8848d0c5ac4-a20d49e3e6a4f958e127c88b05686fb87748d1dd >>> <https://imsva91-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=www.wavedirect.net&umid=D7E8655E-B6F3-F705-88EA-2A08303811DF&auth=079c058f437b7c6303d36c6513e5e8848d0c5ac4-a20d49e3e6a4f958e127c88b05686fb87748d1dd>* >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> >>> *From: *"Colin Stanners" <cstann...@gmail.com> >>> *To: *"af" <af@af.afmug.com> >>> *Sent: *Monday, December 21, 2020 12:59:09 AM >>> *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations >>> >>> >>> >>> This last year, I've seen a MikroTik CCR1072 switch from long being >>> rock-solid to now having occasional random reboots (from watchdog) or 100% >>> CPU usage, which strangles the BGP process. In the latter case, >>> tools->profile would show the firewall taking 100% of CPU, even after >>> temporarily disabling all firewall filter and NAT rules and connection >>> tracking. Not fun. >>> >>> >>> >>> MT tech support did not seem super helpful or interested, mostly >>> recommending to disable watchdog (unacceptable on a production router) or >>> to upgrade firmware (without specifying the suspected cause of the problem >>> or nature of the fix). >>> >>> >>> >>> Tried 1 update, that didn't seem to help, have now tried another... >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Dec 20, 2020, 11:38 PM Steven Kenney <st...@wavedirect.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>> MIkrotik has been rock solid for me for years. Until this year and the >>> 1072's. Random reboots set off by watchdog timer on all of my 1072's. >>> Some more than others. Threads in the forum all discuss the same problem >>> exactly. Its a connection tracking issue.. however I need connection >>> tracking on one particular router. I've adjusted everything I could. >>> Firmware and board firmware all up to date etc. Happens randomly with low >>> levels of traffic, high levels of traffic, sometimes a couple times a >>> day, sometimes weeks. No DDOS evidence at all from upstream routers. >>> Configs checked and rechecked by third party experts. I graph everything >>> about the Mikrotik and there are no clues or anything abnormal happening >>> before the crash. Plenty of memory, disk space, CPU etc. Replaces all >>> the trannies, power cables and such. Not running BGP only OSPF on the one >>> that is giving me the most trouble. >>> >>> >>> >>> Even have a serial console cable plugged into them to my opengear and >>> set it to log pretty much everything to console including the kernel and >>> nothing. A hard freeze. >>> >>> >>> >>> Then there is Mikrotik support... I've never needed their support >>> before until now. So I put a ticket in and the shitty attitude I'm getting >>> from them seems like they KNOW there is something wrong with the hardware >>> and they are intentionally not being helpful. It is pretty clear to see >>> with all the people reporting this issue that there IS an issue. >>> >>> >>> >>> If this is any indication of how things are going to go with Mikrotik on >>> the newer hardware going forware I think its time to jump to an enterprise >>> level system. Juniper most likely. Shame because they are just about >>> keeping up with the demands with their hardware. Getting closer to 100Gbps >>> etc and ROS7 ... but at their current pace I think we've outgrew them. >>> >>> >>> >>> All the threads discussing this issue has been absolutely quiet when it >>> comes to Mikrotik jumping in to mention or try to help troubleshoot. I >>> think they know they had bad hardware out there and do not want to honor >>> warranties. 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