Ah yeah I see. I didn’t design the diagram to a specific layer but if I had to choose one after the fact I guess this would be Layer 1 honestly. I’m really just looking for the physical interconnection of devices and making sure I don’t have a path out of the network that doesn’t go through the Netgate.

But more specifically, I was looking for information on if the C1300 and the Netgate can communicate on the ports I’ve put in the diagram or if the mistmatch in speed ratings for the ports would be a problem. As well as if the SFP+ port on the C1300 can even be used as a connection like that. In their documentation, Cisco has an example of use for those ports as stacking ports to other switches. I’ll only have the one and won’t need to stack any other so I was looking to see if the SFP+ ports can be used for non-stacking purposes.

So the UPS I was looking at is here: https://www.microcenter.com/product/506629/apc-smart-connect-ups-(smc1500-2uc)

It lists VA, W, and V.

Yeah for sure. I used to build much larger servers for my job so I’m trying to design for the future. I know I have some checkboxes that I need to hit now but I want to make sure there’s room for growth/change.

Oh hey this is great! And FOSS which I always appreciate. Thanks!