Cisco Business 350 Series Manual

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lllConfigure Stack Settings on a CiscoBusiness 350 Series Switch through theCommand Line Interface (CLI)ObjectiveThis article provides instructions on how to configure stack settings through the Command LineInterface (CLI) of your Cisco Business 350 series switch.IntroductionStacking allows you to expand your network capacity without the hassle of managing multipledevices. Stackable switches can be added or removed from a stack as needed without affectingthe overall performance of the stack. Depending on its topology, a stack can continue to transferdata even if a link or unit within the stack fails. This makes stacking an effective, flexible, andscalable solution to expand network capacity.By default, a switch is always stackable, but has no port configured as a stack port. All the ports inthe devices are configured as network ports by default. A device without any stack port can bethought of as the active device in a stack of only itself or as a standalone device. To stack two ormore switches, you can reconfigure the desired network ports as stack ports in the switches andconnect them with the resulting stack ports in a ring or chain topology.The units or switches in a stack are connected through stack ports. Stacked switches are thencollectively managed as a single logical device. In some cases, stack ports can become membersin a stack of Link Aggregation Groups (LAGs) increasing the bandwidth of the stack interfaces.Some of these stacking terms may be unfamiliar to you. For further explanation, check out CiscoBusiness: Glossary of New Terms.A stack provides the following benefits:Network capacity can be expanded or reduced dynamically. By adding a unit, theadministrator can dynamically increase the number of ports in the stack while maintaining asingle point of management. Similarly, units can be removed to decrease network capacity.The stacked system supports redundancy in the following ways:- The Standby unit becomes the active of the stack if the original active fails.- The stack system supports two types of topologies: Chain and Ring. Ring topology is morereliable than a chain topology. The failure of one link in a ring does not affect the function of thestack, whereas the failure of one link in a chain connection might cause the stack to be split.Applicable Devices | Software VersionCBS350-4X (Data Sheet) | 3.0.0.69 (Download latest)Configure Stack Settings on a Switch