Cisco 500 Series Administration Guide

Administration: Stack Management
Stack Ports
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When link failure occurs on a port in a stack LAG, the traffic on the stack is
redistributed between the remaining stack ports in the stack LAG. This can cause
the stack connections to change from a recommended configuration to a non-
recommended configuration.
Table 1 Sx500 Stack with Sx500 or SG500X/ESW2-550X
Table 2 SG500X and ESW2550X Stacks with Sx500, SG500X/ESW2-550X or SG500XG
Number of
Active Stack
Ports
Recommended Connections for Stack Ports on the Sx500
1 S1 or S2 or S3 or S4
2 The following cases are possible:
Case 1: S1 to one neighbor and S2 to another neighbor
Case 2: S3 to one neighbor and S4 to another neighbor
Case 3: S1 and S2 to same neighbor
Case 4: S3 and S4 to same neighbor
Number of
Active Stack
Ports
Recommended Connections for Stack Ports on the SG500X
1 S1 or S2 or XG1 or XG2
2 Case 1: S1 to one neighbor and S2 to another neighbor
Case 2: XG1 to one neighbor and XG2 to another neighbor
Case 3: S1 and S2 to same neighbor
Case 4: XG1 and XG2 to same neighbor
4 S1+S2 to same neighbor and XG1+XG2 to another neighbor

Cisco 500 Series Specifications

General

Model	Cisco 500 Series
Category	Switch
Mounting	Rack-mountable
Management	Web-based, CLI, SNMP
Ports	24, 48
Port Speed	10/100/1000 Mbps
PoE Support	Available on some models
Switching Capacity	Up to 176 Gbps
MAC Address Table Size	16, 000 entries
Security	ACLs, 802.1X
Quality of Service (QoS)	Yes
Dimensions	Varies by model
Weight	Varies by model
Humidity	10% to 90% non-condensing
Power Supply	Internal
Power Consumption	Varies by model
Jumbo Frame Support	Up to 9216 bytes