Stacking
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Definition
You can connect several Switches over a special Port logically together, which gives you the following opportunities:
- One big Switch with a lots of Ports
- One logical Switch
- You only have to manage one switch
- Minimal latency between the devices
Cisco has three difference techniques, FlexStack, StackWise and GigaStack
!!!Note: It works only between the same series!!!
the difference between FlexStack and StackWise
Cisco Catalyst 2960-S Stacking | Cisco Catalyst 3750-X StackWise | |
Device limit | 4 units | 9 units |
Stack bandwidth | 10G/20G | 32G/64G |
Architecture | Hardware drop table | Ring (destination stripping) |
Dynamic ring load balancing | No | Yes |
Stack convergence | 1-2 seconds | Few milliseconds |
Stack quality of service (QoS) | Applied hop by hop | Applied on ingress |
Management | Single IP address, SNMP, syslog | Single IP address, SNMP, syslog |
Configuration | Single config and CLI, auto image and config update | Single config and CLI, auto image and config update |
Show and debug commands | Unified | Unified |
Single forwarding and control plane | Synchronize Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), MAC address, Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), VLAN tables | Synchronize Address Resolution Protocol (ARP), MAC address, Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP), VLAN tables, routing tables |
Cross-stack features | Yes | Yes |
Single bridge-ID | Yes | Yes |
Redundancy | Stack master 1:N redundancy | Stack master 1:N redundancy |
Supported Switches
FlexStack
Catalyst 2960 Series
- WS-C2960PD-8TT-L
- WS-C2960-8TC-L
- WS-C2960-24TT-L
- WS-C2960-48TT-L
- WS-C2960-24LT-L
- WS-C2960-24PC-L
- WS-C2960-48PST-L
- WS-C2960-48TC-L
- WS-C2960G-8TC-L
- WS-C2960G-24TC-L
- WS-C2960G-48TC-L
Catalyst 2960-S Series
- WS-C2960S-48FPD-L
- WS-C2960S-48LPD-L
- WS-C2960S-24PD-L
- WS-C2960S-48TD-L
- WS-C2960S-24TD-L
- WS-C2960S-48FPS-L
- WS-C2960S-48LPS-L
- WS-C2960S-24PS-L
- WS-C2960S-48TS-L
- WS-C2960S-24TS-L
- WS-C2960PD-8TT-L
- WS-C2960-8TC-L
- WS-C2960-24TT-L
- WS-C2960-48TT-L
- WS-C2960-24LT-L
- WS-C2960-24PC-L
- WS-C2960-48PST-L
- WS-C2960-48TC-L
- WS-C2960G-8TC-L
- WS-C2960G-24TC-L
- WS-C2960G-48TC-L
!!! Note: You need the C2960S-STACK Module for the Catalyst 2960 and Catalyst 2960-S series!!!
Cables
- CAB-STK-E-0.5M=
- CAB-STK-E-1M=
- CAB-STK-E-3M=
StackWise
Catalyst 3560 Series
- WS-C3560-8PC-S
- WS-C3560-12PC-S
- WS-C3560-24TS-S
- WS-C3560-24TS-E
- WS-C3560-48TS-S
- WS-C3560-48TS-E
- WS-C3560-24PS-S
- WS-C3560-24PS-E
- WS-C3560-48PS-S
- WS-C3560-48PS-E
- WS-C3560G-24TS-S
- WS-C3560G-24TS-E
- WS-C3560G-48TS-S
- WS-C3560G-48TS-E
- WS-C3560G-24PS-S
- WS-C3560G-24PS-E
- WS-C3560G-48PS-S
- WS-C3560G-48PS-E
Catalyst 3750 Series
- WC-C2948G-GE-TX
- WS-C3750G-24TS-E1U
- WS-C3750G-24TS-S1U
- WS-C3750G-24TS-E
- WS-C3750G-24TS-S
- WS-C3750G-24WS-S25
- WS-C3750G-24WS-S50
- WS-C3750G-24T-E
- WS-C3750G-24T-S
- WS-C3750G-12S-E
- WS-C3750G-12S-S
- WS-C3750G-12S-SD
- WS-C3750G-16TD-E
- WS-C3750G-16TD-S
- WS-C3750G-24PS-E
- WS-C3750G-24PS-S
- WS-C3750G-48TS-E
- WS-C3750G-48TS-S
- WS-C3750G-48PS-E
- WS-C3750G-48PS-S
- WS-C3750-48PS-E
- WS-C3750-48PS-S
- WS-C3750-48TS-E
- WS-C3750-48TS-S
- WS-C3750-24PS-E
- WS-C3750-24PS-S
- WS-C3750-24TS-E
- WS-C3750-24TS-S
- WS-C3750-24FS-S
Catalyst 3750-E Series
- WS-C3750E-24TD-S
- WS-C3750E-24TD-SD
- WS-C3750E-24TD-E
- WS-C3750E-48TD-S
- WS-C3750E-48TD-E
- WS-C3750E-48TD-SD
- WS-C3750E-24PD-S
- WS-C3750E-24PD-E
- WS-C3750E-48PD-S
- WS-C3750E-48PD-E
- WS-C3750E-48PD-SF
- WS-C3750E-48PD-EF
Cables
- CAB-STACK-50CM=
- CAB-STACK-1M=
- CAB-STACK-3M=
GigaStack
Catalyst 3550 Series
- WS-C3550-12G
- WS-C3550-12T
- WWS-C3550-24-SMI
- WS-C3550-24PWR-SMI
- WS-C3550-24-DC-SMI
- WS-C3550-24-FX-SMI
- WS-C3550-24-EMI
- WS-C3550-24PWR-EMI
- WS-C3550-48-SMI
- WS-C3550-48-EMI
Catalyst 2950 / 2950G Series
- WS-C2950G-48-EI
- WS-C2950G-24-EI
- WS-C2950G-24-EI-DC
- WS-C2950G-12-EI
- WS-C2950T-24
- WS-C2950C-24
- WS-C2950ST-24-LRE
- WS-C2950ST-8-LRE
- WS-C2950-12
- WS-C2950-24
- WS-C2950SX-24
- WS-C2950T-48-SI
- WS-C2950SX-48-SI
Catalyst 2900-XL Series
- WS-C2912MF-XL
- WS-C2924M-XL
Catalyst 3500-XL Series
- WS-C3508G-XL
- WS-C3512G-XL
- WS-C3524G-XL
- WS-C3548G-XL
!!!Note: You need the GigaStack GBICto connect one to the other!!!