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Connecting High-Speed Stacking Cables

3-10 Hardware Installation

Figure 3-5 Attaching the Rackmount Brackets

2. Withthemountingbracketsattached,positiontheswitchbetweentheverticalframe

membersofthe19‐inchrackasshowninFigure 3‐6.Thenfastentheswitchsecurely

totheframeusingfourmountingscrews(usersupplied).

Figure 3-6 Fastening the Switch to the Rack

3. Ifyouare installingthisswitchinastackedconfiguration,repe atthisprocedure

for

eachswitchuntilallswitcheshavebeeninstalledinthestack,thenproceedto

“ConnectingHigh‐SpeedStackingCables”onpage 3‐10.Otherwise,proceedto

“ConnectingACandRPS‐SYSPower”onpage 3‐15.

Connecting High-Speed Stacking Cables

Thestackofswitchescanbeconnectedinaringordaisychaintopology.Inaring

topologyalltheswitchesareconnected.Theonlydifferenceinthecableconnectionsina

daisychaintopologyisthatonecableisnotinstalled. Uptosevenoreightswitchescanbe

stacked

togetherandconnectedbyhigh‐speedstackingcables.Youcanaddswitchesand

reachuptoamaximumof384Ethernetportsperstack.Thehigh‐speedstackingcables

allowtheentirestacktooperatewithasingleIPaddress.

1 Rackmount brackets 2 M3x6 mm flathead screws

1 Rails of 19-inch rack 2 Mounting screws (supplied by user)

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