SGSW-24x Series User Manual

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User’s Manual of SGSW-24040 / 24240 Series
2.3.1 Connecting Stacking Cable
Before attempting to connect stacking ports, verify that you have the required stack cables. The following cables are used to
connect stacked switches:
CB-STX50: 50cm, Short stack cable –used to connect adjacent SGSW switches.
CB-STX200: 200cm, Long / Redundant stack cable – used to connect the top and bottom SGSW switches of a stack.
There are two high-performance HDMI-like Stack ports on the rear panel for proprietary management stack. Only the attached
PLANET CB-STX50 and CB-STX200 cross-over HDMI cable can be used.
STEP-1: Plug one end of the cable in the “STX1 / Cascade Down” port and the other end to the ”STX2 / Cascade UP” port of
next device.
STEP-2: Repeat the step for every device in the stack cluster, and then ending at last switch.
Figure 2-23 Stacking connection
STEP-3: If you wish to implement stack redundancy, use the long stack cable -- CB-STX200 -- to connect the stack port marked
STX1 / Cascade Down” on the bottom switch to the port marked “STX2 / Cascade Up” on the top switch of the stack.
The stack port is for management and data packets to be transmitted between other SGSW stackable
switches; the stack ports can’t be configured with Layer 2 features via management interface.
STEP-4: Power up the stack switches.
2.3.2 Management Stacking
The stack operation of the SGSW Managed Switch supports Plug and Play Stacking connection and auto stack configuration.
STEP-5: Once the stack starts operation, the Stack master will be automatically elected without any configuration. The Stack
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