CISCO 9500 switch Stacking

[muarip6@gmail.com]

I have 2 cisco 9500 series switch and i want to stack that but its not happening,any one can suggest me.

I have checked in internet and tied but its not working.

Both  IOS version is same 16.06.04

Port also same speed and full duplex

So please give me the suggestion.

Thanks and Regards 

Murari Mohan Padhan

[nazimkha]

Hi Murari,

By stacking, do you mean stackwise virtual ? because catalyst 9500 do not support stacking like catalyst 3850 and 9300

[muarip6@gmail.com]

Yes...virtual stack....i have read from internet but that commands are not working

[ulasinski]

I have put two of c9500-32c in vStack in my network.

What version of c9500 do you have? Not all have vStack.

You need soft higher than 16.9.1. In that the virtual-stack for my switches was implemented in a hidden manner. vStack is not automatic and you must be ready to restart. You need at least 2 to 3 cables (it makes sense). Two on the port-channel and one on the keeper. For my hardware, they must be lower ports than Hun1/ 0/16.

!

interface HundredGigE1/0/14
stackwise-virtual dual-active-detection
description "Dual-Active-Detection link"
!
interface HundredGigE1/0/15
stackwise-virtual link 1
description "Virtual Stack"
!
interface HundredGigE1/0/16
stackwise-virtual link 1
description "Virtual Stack"
!