Connecting High-Speed Stacking Cables
3-10 Hardware Installation
Figure 3-5 Attaching the Rackmount Brackets
2. Withthemountingbracketsattached,positiontheswitchbetweentheverticalframe
membersofthe19‐inchrackasshowninFigure 3‐6.Thenfastentheswitchsecurely
totheframeusingfourmountingscrews(usersupplied).
Figure 3-6 Fastening the Switch to the Rack
3. Ifyouareinstallingthisswitchinastackedconfiguration,repeatthisprocedure
for
eachswitchuntilallswitcheshavebeeninstalledinthestack,thenproceedto
“ConnectingHigh‐SpeedStackingCables”onpage 3‐10.Otherwise,proceedto
“ConnectingACandPoEPower”onpage 3‐15.
Connecting High-Speed Stacking Cables
Thestackofswitchescanbeconnectedinaringordaisychain topology.Inaring
topologyalltheswitchesareconnected.Theonlydifferenceinthecableconnectionsina
daisychaintopologyisthatonecableisnotinstalled.
Upto8switchescanbestackedtogetherusing
C2CAB‐SHORTandC2CAB‐LONG
high‐speedstackingcables.Youcanaddswitchesandreachuptoamaximumof384
Ethernetportsperstack.Thehigh‐speedstackingcablesallowtheentirestacktooperate
withasingleIPaddress.
1 Rackmount brackets 2 M3 x 6 mm flathead screws
1 Rails of 19-inch rack 2 Mounting screws (supplied by user)
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