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Fully redundant three-member stack (Figure 5):

C2960-FullRedundant#show switch stack-ports

Switch # Port 1 Port 2

-------- ------ ------

1 Ok Ok

2 Ok Ok

3 Ok Ok

C2960-FullRedundant#show switch neighbors

Switch # Port 1 Port 2

-------- ------ ------

1 2 3

2 3 1

3 1 2

Nonredundant three-member stack (Figure 6):

C2960-NonRedundant#show switch stack-ports

Switch # Port 1 Port 2

-------- ------ ------

1 Ok Down

2 Ok Ok

3 Ok Down

C2960-NonRedundant#show switch neighbors

Switch # Port 1 Port 2

-------- ------ ------

1 2 None

2 1 3

3 2 None

The master of the stack will be the one management interface for the entire stack. All IP communications (that is,

Telnet, SSH, SNMP, ping, HTTP, and so on) will be handled by the master regardless of the member the

communication ingressed the stack. All console activity regardless of media (RJ45 or USB) is directed to the

master regardless of the member to which the console port is connected.

The Cisco Catalyst 2960-S, 2960-X, and 2960-XR support the CISCO-STACKWISE-MIB for managing switch

stacks. This is the same MIB that the Cisco Catalyst 3750, 3750-E, and 3750-X Series Switches support.

Figure 5: All stack ports are

operational.

Shows the member number of the

neighbor on a stack link.

For example, member 1 connects

to member 2 on port 1 and member

3 on port 2.

Figure 6: Not All stack ports are

operational.

Member 1 connects only to member 2 on port

1. Member 2 connects to Member 1 on Port 1,

and member 3 on port 2.