My client has 4x HP 2610-48G-PWR switches in their network, and they would like to stack them together. They also have some other HP switches in their rack, and at the worst point, some network connections have to hop through 6 switch uplinks to reach the "core switch", which is really just an access switch at the edge of the network.
Reading about this particular model(2610), it seems that there is no stack module for them and only stack via network connections, creating a "virtual stack" that allows you to manage multiple switches from one IP/commander switch.
My knowledge of switch stacking is limited, so I have some questions regarding the benefits of this.
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Will stacking these switches help improvement their network throughput at all?
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In, say, a Cisco switch stack(that uses stacking modules), does the stacking configuration allow for better network throughput? As in, does network traffic still have to 'hop' through switch uplinks, or does it go through the stack connections?
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