Catalyst 3850 stackpower

[jackson.ku]

Hi,

We want to stack 2 Catalyst 3850 together, each Catalyst 3850 have 2 power supply. Can we stacking 2 Catalyst 3850 with stackwise only ( data stack ) and without stackpower?

Best Regards,

Jackson

[Leo Laohoo · Accepted solution]

Yes you can.

[jackson.ku]

Hi Leo,

Thanks for your quickly response. Please help to mention me any different we use stackpower feature or not in our configuration. ( stack 2 Catalyst 3850 together, each Catalyst 3850 have 2 redundent power supply )

Best Regards,

Jackson

[Leo Laohoo]

Hi Jackson,

This'll depend entirely on how important the clients connected to your 3850 are.  For example, in our case, we've got clients where they don't mind the outage.  So we didn't install any redundant PS into our 3750X.

However, in you case, if you have APs and your wireless is deemed to be an important part of your network, then enabling power-stack is a very good investment. 

[Reza Sharifi]

In addition to what Leo said, you can easily stack your 3850 with power cable whether you have one power supply or 2.  That  is not an issue and it will work just fine.

HTH