My Home Lab Setup

My Home Lab Setup

My PC Workstation
Windows 10 Professional Edition build 10586 (64-bit) Operating System
MSI Z170A SLI PLUS AMI BIOS version 1.4 2016-03-18
    • 3x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots (support x16/x0/x4, x8/x8/x4 modes)
    • 3x PCIe 3.0 x1 slots
Intel® Core™ i5-6600K Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz)
2x Corsair Vengeance® CMK16GX4M2A2666C16 8GB Dual/Quad Channel DDR4 SDRAM PC4-21333 (16GB total)
1x NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB DDR5 Video (ASUS)
1x Intel® I219-V Gigabit LAN controller on board
1x Dual Port 10Gtek intel x520-DA2 CNA Add on Card
1x Samsung SSD 850 PRO 512GB HD
1x WDC WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB HD
1x HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSB0 DVD
Corsair CX650 PWS
Fractal Design R5 case


VMware ESXi Server
ESXi 6.0 U2
vCenter Appliance 6.0
MSI H87-G43 (MS-7816) American Megatrends Inc.V2.1005/09/2015
    • 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot
    • 1 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slot with x4 speed
    • 2 x PCIe 2.0 x1 slots
    • 3 x PCI slots
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz
4x Corsair Vengeance® — 8GB Dual/Quad Channel DDR3 1600MHZ RAM (32GB total)
1x Realtek® 8111E Gigabit LAN controller on board
1x Realtek 8168 Gigabit Ethernet PCIx Add on Card
1x Dual Port 10Gtek intel x520-DA2 CNA Add on Card
1x Samsung_SSD_850_EVO_250GB Boot/OS/ESXi
3x WDC_WD5000AZLX2D00CL5A0 500GB Hard Drives
1x NFS mount to NAS ZFS (8x WD Red 3TB in 4x vdevs stripped mirror) Pool via 10Gb CNA
1x TSSTcorp DVD-ROM TS-H353C  Revis: LE01
Corsair RM750x PWS
Fractal Design R4 case

NAS/Plex/NFS/SAMBA/LAMP/ZFS
CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503
Kernel:  3.10.0-327.10.1.el7.x86_64
Supermicro C7Z170-OCE
 3 PCI-E 3.0 x16 (run at 16/NA/16 or 16/8/8),
2 PCI-E 3.0 x1 (in x4) slots
Intel® Core™ i5-6600K Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.90 GHz)
Corsair Vengeance LPX 64GB (4 x 16GB) DDR4 DRAM 2666MHz C16 Memory Kit for DDR4 Systems CMK64GX4M4A2666C16
1x Single GbE LAN port (Intel® i219V) on board
1x Single GbE LAN port (Intel® I210-AT) on board
1x Dual Port 10Gtek intel x520-DA2 CNA Add on Card
1x SamsungPro_SSD_850_EVO_120GB OS/Boot
8x Western Digital 3TB Red NAS Aware WDC_WD30EFRX-68EUZN0 (ZFS Mirrored/Srtipes 4x vdev Pool)
EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G1 80+ GOLD, 750W Fully Modular
Fractal Design R5 case

Topology
10Gb network is all Dual Port 10Gtek intel x520-DA2 CNA's with Direct Attached Cables 24 AWG using all ports on cards so I can get all machines communicating with each other. No switch needed.

The 1Gb network is all CAT5e TP using a Cisco SG300-10 switch and TP-Link 1GB POE switch for the VoIP Phones.

Centos 6.6 additional packages I use for new builds

Centos 6.6 additional packages I use for new builds

After I lay down a Centos 6.6 minimal install I add the additional packages as they are very useful and I always wind up adding them at one point or another anyway.

# yum install bind-utils traceroute system-config-network-tui net-tools ntp* gcc

Then I normally disable selinux, turn off firewall, and enable ntpd

# chkconfig iptables off
# chkconfig ntpd on
# vi /etc/sysconfig/selinux
          SELINUX=disabled

Then I update the system and reboot.

# yum -y update
# reboot

I am ready to start setting it up for its intended purpose. If you work with vm images this is a good time to snapshot the image for future use needing fresh installs.

Oracle Acme Packet Virtual Image sip-config, sip-interface, and make our first call

Oracle Acme Packet Virtual Image sip-config, sip-interface, and make our first call

In this video I go through setting up sip-config, sip-interfaces, and makeing our first call in the Oracle Acme Packet SBC

https://youtu.be/eIYAiD7Nlhk

Oracle Acme Packet Virtual Image physical interfaces, network interfaces, and realms

Oracle Acme Packet Virtual Image physical interfaces, network interfaces, and realms

In this video I go through setting up the physical interfaces, network interfaces, and realms in the Oracle Acme Packet SBC,

https://youtu.be/XJnI7mMvR3k

Oracle Acme Packet Virtual Image bootparam and sys-config setup

Oracle Acme Packet Virtual Image bootparam and sys-config setup

In this video I go through setting up the bootparam and basic sys-cong in the  Oracle Acme Packet SBC.

https://youtu.be/BuqOIhE96ZA

NFS Server on Centos 7

NFS Server on Centos 7

Install packages

# yum -y install nfs-utils 

Setup your exports

# vi /etc/exports

/myraid/     192.168.10.0/24(rw,async,no_root_squash,no_subtree_check)

Start your services

# systemctl start rpcbind nfs-server 

# systemctl enable rpcbind nfs-server 

Oracle Acme Packet Virtual Image Install with OVA in vCenter

Oracle Acme Packet Virtual Image Install with OVA in vCenter 

In this video I go through the procedure and software involved in getting a working image of the Oracle Acme Packet SBC up and running. I also cover the hardware I used in my lab for this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luWdytwBjn0