makiatto is a 10Gbps switch which will handle traffic for high bandwidth devices. Right now that's the NAS ([[../fenny| fenny]]), and will include my workstation once I get 10G connectivity to that room as well. makiatto is connected to [[../sabrina| sabrina]] via a 2x10G LAG, though for practical purposes there's nothing connected to sabrina that will need that much bandwidth, even in aggregate.

makiatto is a Mikrotik CRS312-4C+8XG-RM:
 * the homepage: https://mikrotik.com/product/crs312_4c_8xg_rm

The CRS312 has the option to run SwitchOS, but I'm sticking with RouterOS because it integrates well with everything else I'm using.

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= Features and uses =

 * 8x 10G RJ45 ports
 * 4x 10G RJ45-or-SFP+ combo ports
 * 1x 100M mgmt port attached directly to the CPU

= Hardware =

Marvell 98DX8212 switch chip, which governs what features you can lean on and how they're handled. Mikrotik has notes about L3 Hardware Offload: https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/62390319/L3+Hardware+Offloading#L3HardwareOffloading-CRS3xx%2CCRS5xx%3ASwitchDX8000andDX4000Series

And some notes about the switch chips specifically in the higher end models: https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/30474317/CRS3xx+CRS5xx+CCR2116+CCR2216+switch+chip+features#CRS3xx,CRS5xx,CCR2116,CCR2216switchchipfeatures-Models

Of particular interest to us is hardware offloading of bridge VLAN filtering (with some listed [[https://help.mikrotik.com/docs/spaces/ROS/pages/328068/Bridging+and+Switching#BridgingandSwitching-BridgeVLANFiltering| caveats]]), which means performance won't dip even if I need to do some VLAN faffery.


= Preparation =

Some notes from when I received it:

 * TBC

= Fun ideas =

Like the CRS320, the CRS312 also has lots of free real estate on the front. Why not put a custom waifu decal on it? See [[../sabrina#Fun_ideas| sabrina]] for context.