Administration: Stack Management
Stack Unit Mode
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• Basic Hybrid—A device in Basic Hybrid mode can be connected to
Sx500and SG500X/ESW2-550X devices to form a stack. The only limitation
(and the reason that this mode is called Basic Hybrid as opposed to
Advanced Hybrid) is that there is no support for VRRP or RIP. In this mode,
the GUI displays the pages of Sx500, even if the stack master is a SG500X/
ESW2-550X, since the feature set is that of the Sx500.
In this mode, any type of device can take the master/backup roles. Only the
5G stacking ports can be used as stack ports.
• Advanced Hybrid—A device in Advanced Hybrid mode can be connected
to Sx500 and SG500X/ESW2-550X devices to form a stack. In this mode,
VRRP and/or RIP are supported, but auto numbering of units is not
supported, because only the SG500Xor ESW2-550X devices can function
as master/backup.
Sx500 devices can only be slaves, therefore up to 6 Sx500 units can be
stacked together with two SG500X/ESW2-550Xs devices.
• Advanced Hybrid XG—A device in Advanced Hybrid XG mode can be
connected to SG500X/ESW2-550X and SG500XG devices to form a stack.
All units can be master or slave units.
Stack Configuration Options
The following describes some typical stack configurations:
Possible Stack Configuration Possible RIP/
VRRP
Support
Stack Ports Speed
Stack consists of all SG500Xs in
Native Stacking mode.
Enabled/
Disabled
1G/10G or 1G/5G
Stack consists of all ESW2-550Xs
in Native Stacking mode.
Enabled/
Disabled
1G/10G or 1G/5G
Stack consists of all Sx500s in
Native Stacking mode.
Not
supported.
1G/5G (default) or 1G
Copper/SFP (Combo)
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