3850 Stacking

[NETAD]

Hi guys, we bought 4 3850's(2 XS with 12 10GiG ports and 2 48P 3850's) I'm wondering what's the recommended stacking technique for these. Can they all be stacked and configured like VSS or should I combine 1XS with 1 48P in each stack? 

Thanks

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi,

You should be able to stack all of them together.

form the Q&A doc:

  How many Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches can stack into a single logical entity?

A.     Up to 9 Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches can be stacked together to build single logical StackWise-480 switch since Cisco IOS XE Release 3.3.0SE. Prior to Cisco IOS XE Release 3.3.0SE, up to 4 Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches could be stacked together.

If you have 3850-XU (multigigabit) switches or Cisco Catalyst 3850-XS (10G SFP+) switches in the stack, then up to 8 switches can be stacked together to build a single logical StackWise-480 switch.

more info here:

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-3850-series-switches/qa_c67-722110.html

HTH