Cisco 500 Series Administration Guide

Administration: Stack Management
System Modes
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• System Mode—Select either Layer 2 or Layer 3 mode.
NOTE Available only on devices where system mode can be selected.
• Queues Mode—Select whether to configure 4 or 8 QoS queues on the
device. See Configuring QoS Queues.
NOTE If the device is an Sx500 and if the stack unit mode is changed from Native Stacking
to Standalone, the device will be in Layer 2 system mode after reboot, unless you
change the System Mode field to Layer 3 at this time.
Stack Topology View
This view displays how the devices in the stack are connected to each other.
When you click on the arrows connecting the devices, a tooltip displays the unit
number, the type of stack ports connected the units and the numbers of the
connected units. See an example of this below:

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