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Connecting switches in a stack, Connecting switches in a stack -8, Figure 3-6 – SMC Networks SMC TigerCard 10G User Manual

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Connecting Switches in a Stack

To connect up to eight switches in a stack, perform the following steps:

1. Plug one end of the stack cable (ordered separately) in the Down

(right) port of the top unit.

2. Plug the other end of the stack cable into the Up (left) port of the next

unit.

3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each unit in the stack. Form a simple chain

starting at the Down port on the top unit and ending at the Up port
on the bottom unit (stacking up to 8 units).

4. (Optional) To form a wrap-around topology, plug one end of a stack

cable into the Down port on the bottom unit and the other end into
the Up port on the top unit.

Figure 3-6 Making Stacking Connections

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