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Stacking
Stacking provides a single point of management and network interface controller (NIC) teaming for high
availability and higher throughput. For information on the High Availability features supported on a
stacked S5000 switch, refer to the High Availability chapter.
Stacking is supported on the S5000 switch on the fixed 40GbE data ports on the front panel or on 10GbE
data ports on pluggable modules. Stacking is not supported on 40GbE ports operating in 4x10G (quad)
mode.You can connect up to six S5000 switches in a single stack using port cables; no special cabling is
required.
This chapter contains the following sections:
• Stacking S5000 Switches
• Configuring an S5000 Switch Stack
• Configuring S5000 Stacking Ports and Bringing Up a Stack
• Provisioning a Stack Unit
• Converting 4x10GbE Ports to 40GbE for Stacking
• Removing a Stack Group from Stacking Mode
• Removing a Switch from a Stack
• Adding a Stack Unit
• Merging Two Stacks
• Splitting a Stack
• Managing Redundant Stack Management
• Verifying a Stack Configuration
• Troubleshooting a Switch Stack
• Upgrading a Switch Stack
• Upgrading a Single Stack Unit
Note: You cannot stack an S5000 switch with other S-Series switches.