I work for a company where everybody appreciate the good old traditions: We still using VENDOR produced SFP/SFP+/QSFP/QSFP28 interfaces, damn expensive I know…
Recently we started to think about the costs of these, so after an internal chat we quickly contacted several 3rd party SFP Vendor.
They usually have a simple programmer to program their SFPs, to use this programmers you need to set up a fully blown PC. I know, it’s not a big deal because everybody has some spare unused workstation but this setup require lots of permanent space, a keyboard, mouse, monitor etc… this is not really suitable/acceptable solution within a live Datacenter.
I want something which is compact, reliable, securely mounted and always ready to use when it’s needed.
This article describe the build process of a simple SFP programmer station with all the storage equipment.
Basic components:
- plywood/MDF sheet
- Lenovo Notebook with touchscreen
- Basic storage for SFP/QSFP
- Flexoptix programmer
- double sided tape
- 3d printed brackets
As always: everything starts with a good design.
The Fusion model is available here: https://a360.co/3nwLlLv
The flexoptix programmer:
The concept: Programmer attached to the touchscreen
The first 3dprinted mount prototype:
STANLEY Drawers:
After some measurements, the Notebook and the programmer mounted to the MDF sheet with double sided tape first.
Then these sensitive components secured to the MDF sheet with wood screws using the printed mounting brackets.
The fully assembled table look like this:
This small guy is able to drill holes into the C20 concrete.
Let’s make some DOISE finally !!!
Finally some DUST 🙂
Aaaand….the programmer mounted to the wall.
