I recently got some more space to do my homelab endeavors. I am enjoying setting up a proper work bench for soldering, and I got a few racks to put different projects in! I am trying to stay focused on projects and get them done, but there are so many to do!

I had our home internet coming in on a little cart and decided it was time to get a small 12U rack, and properly set everything up. The issue is over the years, I acquired switches and gear and not rack ears for them since I wouldn’t need them at the time. I spent the last few weeks working on a few different rack ears for different pieces of gear I have. I also printed this (Dell Micro 1U Rack Mount Remixed by noam_f – MakerWorld) model which allows you to mount Dell Micro computers in 1U. This is nice since my primary domain controller is running on one of those. Someone else made a model of a shelf to hold the power supply (Power Adapter Mount for Dell Micro 1U Rack Mount by Jfrorie | Download free STL model | Printables.com)!

Then it came to my old classics. I needed ears for the Mellanox SX6012 (https://thangs.com/designer/danberk/3d-model/Mellanox%20SX6012%20Ears%20and%20Back%20Support-1308405), and the Ruckus ICX7150-c12p (Ruckus ICX7150-c12p Rack Ears – 3D model by danberk on Thangs). With a little iteration and buying all the sizes of screws the internet has to offer, I got them nicely mounted.

I used metal 2U shelves for the systems I currently have running ESXi. That may be going away soon with all the changes to VMUG licenses. Ill post later more about the state of the racks and network as it progresses.