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: