C9300-48S stacking with other 9300

[afafaf]

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone knows if the C9300-48S SFP switch will stack with the other models of the 9300 family that are not the fixed uplink versions. I remember that the 3850 48 port SFP switch did not have stack ports on the back, so I was wondering if this was changed with the 9300s. 

[Reza Sharifi]

Hi, That is not supported: have a look: Mixed stacking between C9300 and C9300L SKUs are not supported. You cannot stack fixed uplink models (C9300L SKUs) with modular uplink models (C9300 SKUs) or other Catalyst switches, e.g. Cisco Catalyst 3850 and 3650 Series. Any combination of C9300 models can form a stack. Separately, any combination of C9300L models can form a stack. Link: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-9300-series-switches/nb-06-cat9300-ser-data-sheet-cte-en.html HTH

[c.walsh]

Hi Reza,

    You can have a stack of mixed Cat9300-48P-A & Cat9300-48S-A switches, the Cat9300-48S-A switch is not a 9300L model. The issue i had was the 9300-48S-A were in BUNDLE mode out of the box & the 9300P-A switch was in INSTALL mode...

Switch Ports Model             SW Version         SW Image              Mode
------ ----- -----            ----------         ----------           ----
* 1 65 C9300-48S               16.12.02            CAT9K_IOSXE       BUNDLE

So when the 9300-48S-A switches were reconfigured to be in INSTALL mode, then stack was bulit succesfully.

Switch Ports Model              SW Version        SW Image              Mode  

------ ----- -----              ----------        ----------            ----  

*    1 65    C9300-48P          16.12.02          CAT9K_IOSXE           INSTALL

     2 65    C9300-48S          16.12.2           CAT9K_IOSXE           INSTALL

     3 65    C9300-48S          16.12.2           CAT9K_IOSXE           INSTALL

Although the SW versions are shown as slightly different, they are all using the same image.