Homelab

Rack Contents Overview

• USR Robotics Modem

• Adtran Total Access 916e

• Telco T-Marc 340

• Cisco 1900 Series Router

• Cisco Catalyst 2960 Switch

• Cisco Catalyst 3560G Switch

• Cisco ME 3400 Metro Ethernet Switch

• MEGATRON - HP ProLiant DL360p Server

• MORTY - HP ProLiant DL360p Server

• THN02 - HP ProLiant DL360p Server

• JERRY - HP ProLiant DL360p Server

• SCRATCHY - HP ProLiant DL360p Server

• BRAIN - HP ProLiant DL360p Server

USR Robotics Modem (U1)

• Type: Legacy Modem/Router

• Purpose: Possibly for testing or fallback connection

• Learning Goals:

Adtran Total Access 916e (U1)

• Type: Voice/Data Gateway

• Purpose: Used in telco environments for VoIP

• Learning Goals:

T-Marc 340 (U1)

• Type: Metro Ethernet NID

• Purpose: Carrier-grade managed access device

• Learning Goals:

Cisco 1900 Router (U3)

• Type: Enterprise Router

• IP: [Pending assignment]

• Purpose: Core routing for lab environment

Cisco 2960 Switch (U4)

• Type: Managed Layer 2 Switch

• Purpose: Basic VLAN trunking and access

Cisco 3560G Switch (U6)

• Type: Layer 3 Switch

• Purpose: Advanced VLAN + routing capability

Cisco ME 3400 (U7)

• Type: Carrier Ethernet Switch

• Purpose: Advanced networking features (QoS, shaping)

• Learning Goals:

MEGATRON (U8)

• Model: HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8

• Role: Possibly internal DNS or DHCP server

MORTY (U9)

• Role: Primary hypervisor (Proxmox planned)

JERRY (U11)

• Model: HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8

• Role: Secondary hypervisor / backup server

THN02 (U10)

• Model: HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8

• Role: Floating purpose — experimentation server

SCRATCHY (U12)

• Model: HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8

• Role: Logging server / syslog / fail2ban

BRAIN (U13)

• Model: HP ProLiant DL360p Gen8

• Role: Internal documentation / dashboard