Ruckus ICX 6430 and 6450 Campus Switches
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Ruckus ICX 6430 and 6450 Campus Switches
These manageable, entry-level switches support advanced routing, and include premium ICX 6610 features, in mixed stack configurations, giving you unmatched availability and economics.
RUCKUS ICX Target Path Selection Guide
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- Model Name:
- ICX-6430-6450
- Product Family:
- EOL RUCKUS Products
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How to generate a SSL/TLS key and connection between SDN and Campus ICX Switches for lab testing?
How do I generate a SSL/TLS key and connection between a Brocade SDN Controller and Campus ICX Switches/MLX Routers for lab testing?
Installing PoE firmware with TFTP - Brocade Campus Network Switches
Installing PoE firmware with TFTP - Brocade Campus Network Switches
How to upgrade an ICX 6430 or ICX 6450 stack from 07.4.00 to 08.0.10 version or later?
How to properly upgrade an ICX 6430 or ICX 6450 stack from 07.4.00 to 08.0.10 version or later?
What Ethernet SFP Optics are compatible with Ruckus ZD, SmartZone, ICX switches, and AP products?
Only the 1/10G SFP+ SR Transceiver on Ruckus price sheet has been tested by our QA on Ruckus SZ appliances.
Only the 100Mbe / 1GigE / 10GigE / 40GigE / 100GigE tranceivers on Ruckus... (continued)
Troubleshooting Fiber/ SFP/ SFP+ connection issues on RUCKUS ICX Switches and networks in general
Addressing Fiber and Transceiver Connection Problems, where peer-to-peer fiber connections often fail to establish despite successful cable tests or new cable installations.
Common... (continued)
Managing User Accounts in Brocade Campus Network Switches
Managing User Accounts in Brocade Campus Network Switches
VLAN configuration on Ruckus ICX switches for Ruckus Wireless WLAN's
Adding untagged & tagged vlan on the same switch port on Ruckus ICX switch.
How to display and modify system parameter default settings in Campus Brocade devices?
How to display and modify system parameter default settings in Campus Brocade devices?
PoD licenses for ICX 6610, ICX 6450,ICX 7150, ICX 7250
Article has got brief description about Ports On Demand (PoD) licenses for ICX 6610, ICX 6450,ICX 7150, ICX 7250
The licensing features available on Ruckus Switches
Article has got information about the different types of licensing and their features available on Ruckus Switches
How to Troubleshoot Ports Flapping on Ruckus ICX Switches
• Review logs for errors or warnings related to the port.
• Inspect cables, transceivers, and check for speed/duplex mismatches.
• Check for STP issues and broadcast storms.
• Test... (continued)
Is there a default password for Ruckus ICX Switches?
Except for Console or Telnet access, prior to FI 08.0.90 admins had to enable authentication and a UserID/PW for SSH and WebUI access.
Why ICX 7150 and ICX 7650 switches do not retain clock date and time upon power cycle?
ICX 7150 and ICX 7650 switches do not retain clock date and time after power outage
FLOW MOD ERROR in ICX Switches
In an untagged Hybrid Port, Flow must be added with the VLAN ID field.
ICX switches won't sync with RWG with error "Unable to establish a connection to this device"
Customer have multiple switches added to RWG and would like to enable sync on them so that they could control ICX config using the RWG. When attempting to generate the Config diff for... (continued)
Brocade Campus ICX - Configuring FDP AND CDP
Brocade Campus ICX - Configuring FDP AND CDP
BROCADE CAMPUS ICX LLDP AND LLDP MED DISCOVERY PROTOCOLS
BROCADE CAMPUS ICX LLDP AND LLDP MED DISCOVERY PROTOCOLS
BROCADE CAMPUS ICX VLAN MIRROR AND MONITOR
BROCADE CAMPUS ICX VLAN MIRROR AND MONITOR
How to Assign an IP address to a virtual interface on a Layer 3 ICX RUCKUS switch
How to Assign an IP address to a virtual interface on a Layer 3 ICX RUCKUS switch
Configuring VLANs for APs and SSIDs on ICX Switches
To ensure optimal performance and security on most networks, it's crucial to configure your switches and Access Points (APs) correctly. This article explains the configuration... (continued)
Configuring Link Aggregation between Juniper EX switches and Ruckus APs
The attached guide helps configure link aggregation on Juniper EX switches for 802.11ac wave 2 R710 (and later model) APs.
How to configure ICX 6450 optical interface to use SFP optic instead of SFP+ optic?
How to configure ICX 6450 optical interface to use SFP optic instead of SFP+ optic?
Step by Step Guide to Configuring OSPF Authentication on Ruckus ICX Switches
Step by Step Guide to Configuring OSPF Authentication on Ruckus ICX Switches
How to disable auto-upgrade firmware feature on Ruckus one for ICX switches
The customer may not feel comfortable allowing ICX switches to auto-upgrade to Ruckus One's recommended firmware. This KBA is helpful for disabling the auto-upgrade feature for ICX... (continued)
ICX 7000 Switches PoE Version Issue After Upgrade - TSB 2021-001
ICX 7000 series member unit with PoE firmware version showing 00.0.0 after upgrade to RUCKUS ICX FastIron software releases 8.0.95, 8.0.95a, or 8.0.95b (Defect # FI-223444)
Why ICX7150 switches encounter communication issues with Microsoft NLB?
Customer replaced HP switches with ICX7150 and started experiencing communication issues with Microsoft NLB
Factory reset button not working on ICX switches
Factory reset button functionality is not working on ICX switches.
Brocade Campus ICX Reload Parameters
How to use the reload after and reload at commands?
Brocade Campus ICX Logging Parameters
How to change the number of syslog entries, enable persistence, log to console and log to a remote syslog server.
How to configure OSPF in Brocade Campus network Switches
How to configure OSPF in Brocade Campus network Switches
FAQ on ICX6610 PSU's
FAQ on ICX6610 PSU's
Port regions on FastIron switches.
Port regions for FastIron X, FCX and ICX devices
Brocade Campus - DSCP QoS Marking with ACLs configuration and explanation.
Brocade Campus - DSCP QoS Marking with ACLs configuration and explanation.
Procedure to add stack switches to the RUCKUS One
These steps to be followed to add stack switches in the RUCKUS One
License transfer between switches
Articles describes about what needs to be done in order to transfer the licenses from one switch to the other.
ICX 7150 lose licensing and switch config if ECC error (TSB 2017-268-A)
If an ICX 7150 switch encounters a multi-bit ECC error in the NAND flash memory during boot up, the ICX 7150 switch will lose the license information and configuration files that are... (continued)
Things to consider and advantageous of ICX 7000 series stacking
Stacking provides the ability to operate multiple devices logically as a single device.
How to configure CLI Profile on R1 when multiple ICX switches are provisioned with static IP addresses
This article describes the steps for provisioning multiple Ruckus ICX switches with static IP address using a CLI configuration profile on R1.
Unable to securely copy SCP Config or supportsave via SCP on ICX 7xxx series switches (TSB-2019-005-A)
Until FI 08.0.90d we are unable to securely copy SCP Config or supportsave via SCP on ICX 7xxxx switches.
How many ICX switches can we connect to a SmartZone 5.0 Cluster?
See details in the Release Notes and Getting Started Guide for ICX switch count per SZ type cluster.
Issues with Pre-standard PoE phones on ICX switches
Use the 'legacy-inline-power' command on ICX switches to be sure of Pre-standard PoE phone compatibility
Required data for PoE troubleshooting on ICX Switches
Required data for PoE troubleshooting on ICX Switches.
How to configure encrypted radius in ICX switches on 08.0.30
Details of command-line parameters for configuring encrypted RADIUS
Upgrade path for ICX Switches
Upgrade-path-for-ICX-Switches
Brocade ICX default values and system max
Brocade Campus Feature Explainer Series: show default values and system-max commands
ICX Licensed Features and Platform Support
Article about the ICX license feature and license install options
ICX7650 rear module 3 configuration and usage
Using ICX7650 rear module (module 3) as stacking port or uplink data port
Brocade Campus VLAN ROUTING WITH ROUTER-INTERFACE
BROCADE CAMPUS FEATURE EXPLAINER SERIES:
Can Brocade FCX Series data center and campus models be mixed in a stack?
Can Brocade FCX Series data center and campus models be mixed in a stack?
ICX Campus Switches/FastIron Licensing FAQs posted
We have heard from a number of customers and partners who are experiencing some difficulties with the transition from the legacy Brocade licensing tool (Brocade Software Portal) to the... (continued)
SmartZone and ICX Switches
I'm getting ready to turn up a new site of 100 H510 Access Points. We are also using ICX 7150 Switches and a RXG Gateway. Does anyone know when I add these Access Points to SmartZone... (continued)
ICX Switches - Integrate with Ruckus Cloud platform?
Can the ICX switches fully integrate with Ruckus Cloud?I have been using the Ruckus cloud platform and wanted to know if the ICX switches could be managed via the cloud portal?I have... (continued)
How do I stack two ICX7150 switches?
Hello everyone,I'm a novice at best, really a simple DIY'er. Amazon installed a Ruckus ICX7150 switch in my smart panel and I have an acces point upstairs and another downstairs. Since... (continued)
Lost POE on two 6450 switches after power outage
Lost POE on two 6450 switches after power outage.Have multiple ICX 6450 switches deployed in a large store in Oregon. Thanks to power outages last night... all the switches... (continued)
Brocade ICX 6450 won't boot after power outage
Hello everyone,I cannot get my switch to boot. I've tried re-flashing the uboot and the software via TFTP, which flash successfully. But but I run into errors each time I try to boot. I... (continued)
ICX 6430 and 7x50: mgmt IP/VLAN change issue
hi,i'm having issues with new management IP/VLAN change with ICX switches. It's a large manufacturing, all well spread out. I've "inherited" a substantional working ICX installation... (continued)
ICX 7250 stack switches rebooting
I updated to 8090 UFI on my ICX 7250s in most of the stacks unit 1 stays up but units 2 and 3 show that the have restarted sometime recently. Found this because my AP report... (continued)
Configuring ICX 6430-24 for media streaming?
Hi Folks,I'm very new at this, and Ethernet is not in my "day job". I just got my first managed switch, a used/surplus ICX6430-24. I used it to upgrade a un-managed 10/100... (continued)
Announcement: Ansible Modules for ICX 7000 Model Switches
Greetings, Ruckus is pleased to provide ICX 7000 model switch support thru Ansible Modules 1.0,now available on the Support Portal at these links for Install/Execute Release... (continued)
ICX 6450 PoE Allocation Issue
I have two ICX 6450 24P switches at my garage. They run PoE for VoIP, Access Control and Cameras. I had a report that the cameras were no longer working. When I looked at the Inline... (continued)
IPv6 Prefix Delegation Support on ICX Switches
Greetings! I'm in the process of setting up IPv6 in a dynamic environment, and I am wanting to be certain that I'm not missing something. From what I can tell, it is NOT possible to... (continued)
ICX Switches seem to Loop when setting SZ-Active
Good Afternoon,Has anyone seen an issue where ICX switches running various Firmware will boot loop after being joined to an SZ server?if I unplug the switch from the internet or disable... (continued)
QoS for VoIP on ICX switches
Hello all,I'm trying to set up some basic QoS functionality on a number of ICX7150 switches. I have all of my phones in a particular vlan and would like to have the switch mark... (continued)
SNMP v3 is not working properly in ICX6450 switches
can you please share the valid configuration of SNMP ver3 in ICX6450 as I configured it but the SNMP agent did identify or get data from my switches
Using the 4x 10Gb interfaces on 6450-48p?
Hi everyone, I purchased on "old" 6450-48P for my home lab, but still a bit in doubt on the license and port capabilities.. My boot screen shows 2 of the SFP ports are... (continued)
RUCKUS ICX 7150 24P SWITCH UNSTABLE, SWITCHING ON AND OFF PORTS
Hello guys, First of all, i would appreciate any workaround that anyone could give me. I have a large Switch network for a LAN of a univerisity campus here. This network is mixed... (continued)
ICX 7450 stack with ~100 access switches connected and ~250 VLANs
Hello to All,I'm going to design and deploy network infrastructure in huge building based on Brocade ICX switches and other vendor switches (let's say "MS switches"). As I'm new at... (continued)
ICX 6430-48 web management
Hello everyone,I apologize if my question may seem silly, but I have to configure a ICX 6430-48 switch and I followed the procedure in the instruction manual, so I connected with the... (continued)
Switches using Router code vs Switch code and decision making
Hi all,When an ICX switch is on router code, is every packet a forwarding decision even if the ICX device is on a switched circuit on layer 2? If the ICX switch is not performing the... (continued)
Help with setting up VLAN trunk ports on ICX switches - is this possible?
I have several Ruckus ICX7150-12P switches, running 08.0.92d (SPR08092d.bin).Our router is a pfSense.I'm trying to setup trunk ports to act as uplink ports between the ICX switches.I'm... (continued)
Ruckus AP with multi SSID into ICX Switch
Longtime user of Ruckus AP's, but new to the ICX switches. I've been using the ICX Switches in test-bench scenarios to see how I like them before deploying them wide spread. ... (continued)
MPLS - First time I am configuring and MPLS circuit with Ruckus switches. Any tips or suggestions?
First time we are working with an ISP and programming a MPLS circuit or "Vlan product" or "ring" which ever you want to call it. Any suggestions or help programming both the switch and the core?
Ruckus Smartzone 300 and Arista network switches compatiblity, Does Smartzone 300 support NAC or Posture Assessment?
Hi, We were planning to implement ruckus wireless solutions with the smartzone 300 controller. I heard also the smartzone can manage the wireless APs and the wired switches.... (continued)
Can I run 2 R510's off 2 Netgear switches?
I purchased a Lennar home last year and it came with an ICX7150 switch and 2 R510 AP's running Unleashed with mesh configuration. Unfortunately, the house was built upon wireless... (continued)
ZoneDirector 3000, AP R700, and 3com 5500 switches
We are in the process of having a Ruckus wireless network installed. There has been some delays, so I am looking to get switch configurations in place to try and speed up the overall... (continued)
ID | Title | Version | Release Date | Edit Date |
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20190815 | TCP SACK Panic - Kernel Vulnerability (CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478, CVE-2019-11479) | 1.2 | August 15, 2019 | January 08, 2020 |
20180319 | Security vulnerabilities addressed by NTP (CVE-2016-1549, CVE-2018-7182, CVE-2018-7170, CVE-2018-7184, CVE-2018-7185, CVE-2018-7183) | 1.0 | March 19, 2018 | March 19, 2018 |
20180226 | XSS vulnerability in Ruckus ICX FastIron - (CVE-2013-6786) | 1 | February 26, 2018 | February 26, 2018 |
20230808 | CVE-2023-39904, CVE-2023-39905, CVE-2023-39906: ICX XSS and CSRF Vulnerability | 1.2 | August 08, 2023 | August 14, 2023 |
20250218 | CVE-2024-50607, CVE-2024-50604: ICX Directory Traversal and Image Integrity Check Vulnerability | 1.0 | February 18, 2025 | February 28, 2025 |
Technical Support Bulletins
ID | Title | Version | Release Date | Edit Date |
TSB-2021-002 | After upgrading to 8.0.95c, stack port does blocks traffic | 2021-04-02 |
