Wednesday, December 20, 2017

To stack or not to stack distribution switches?

We have L2/L3 boundary at the distribution level, and usually we have two distribution switches for the building / larger department.

Some of our guys think that stacks are not a good idea, what do you think? I guess some of the issues were that the stacking cables were behind the switches so in a messy cabinet one member was difficult to change. In the newer switches we have the stack cables are in the front of the switch.

In a topology like this: http://ift.tt/2BRaNr6

I think we have two options: either do stacks and etherchannels, or use STP and have only one uplink active at a time?

Any thoughts? Thanks!



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