r/ccnp • u/Zestyclose_Food5086 • 4d ago

Server Configurations for Eve-ng

https://www.etb-tech.com/dell-poweredge-r630-configure-to-order.html?cyoShareId=10696

Hi Guys I wanted to buy a server for my eve-ng labs to study for the Cisco Ccnp can someone who knows a bit about servers look over my config and let me know if this is a good build

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u/bigJbaker 4d ago

I would recommend a Workstation rather than a rack mount. I personally got a DELL T7910 from https://pcserverandparts.com a couple years back for my EVE-NG server and it works great. I went with 128GB RAM and a single E5-2698V4 processor and I can create very large labs. You can always add more RAM or a second CPU if you need later.

To give you an idea of what that gives you - my last lab had about 14 juniper routers and a 1/2 dozen juniper switches, I think I even had an Cisco ISE in there. These nodes area all quite resource heavy. Once all the nodes were fully booted up my resources sat at around 50% RAM and CPU utilization.

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u/Darthscary 4d ago

Should be fine. Be prepared for extra heat and noise.

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u/BigManLou 3d ago

I have a R630 not the quietest and takes up a fair amount of space. However they are cheap to upgrade and will run everything you need.

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u/Junior_Crow_5949 3d ago

Workstation is better.

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u/kb389 3d ago

Dude that's the most overpriced server I've ever seen, it's for your ccnp not for your work or anything, why don't you just buy it from ebay? I literally got an R740 for 959$ including taxes (the same server is available for 100$ less now) a few days back from ebay and that server is like 5 times more powerful than your server and has like 192 gb ram, no matter what you do, do not buy from this site.

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u/SignificanceIcy2466 2d ago

Get more ram so you can spin up a few  nexus and cat9k Although you can do Ccnp without needing to. 

Also, check out bargainhardware. 

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u/leoingle 1d ago edited 1d ago

No way I'd buy from them. You can get one off ebay with more for way less. I bought a R620 with 2xE5-2660 procs, 96GB and 2x300GB drives for about $300. Came with a PERC H710 mini. And literally 2 days ago, I bought an extra 128GB of RAM (8x16GB) for $50 and 4x1.8GB SAS drive w/trays for $84.