Installation guide

Connecting High-Speed Stacking Cables
SecureStack B2 Installation Guide 3-11
Thehighspeedstackingcablesareoptionalitemsandmustbeorderedseparately.The
B2G12448andB2H12448supportthreetypesofSecureStack stackingcables:
•C2CABSHORTcabletoconnecttwoadjacentswitchesinthestack.Ifthestackis
inaconfigurationwheretheadjacentswitchesaretoofar
apartfortheSHORT
cables,theLONGcablecanbeusedfortheconnections.
•C2CABLONGcabletoconnectfromthetopswitchtothebottomswitchinthe
stack.YouneedonlyoneC2CABLONGcableperstack.
•C2CAB5Mcabletoconnectfromthetopswitchtothebottomswitch
inthestack
whenthesetwoswitchesarephysicallylocatedinseperatemountingracksand
requirealongercablereach.
Figure 37showsanexampleofafourhighstackconnectedinaringtopology.All
STACKDOWNandSTACKUPconnectorsareusedintheinstallation.Thehighspeed
stacking
cableconnectionsarefromtheSTACKDOWNconnectorofonesw itchtothe
STACKUPconnectorofthenextswitchupinthestack.Ahighspeedstackingcable
connectionfromtheSTACKDOWNconnectoroftheswitchatthetopofthestacktothe
STACKUPconnectorat
thebottomofthestackcompletestheringconnection.Inadaisy
chaintopology,onecableconnectionisnotmade.
Note: The B2G124-24 supports only the C2CAB-SHORT and C2CAB-LONG stacking
cables.