Cisco 3850 x 5 Members with Stack Power

[michael.taylor]

Good day Fellow Networkers,

Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switches Q and A states that "Up to four switches can become part of the same Cisco StackPower stack in a ring topology".  If the stack contains 5 or more members then presumeably, stackpower will continue to deliver functionality provided that I power multiple members of the stack with a gap of no more than four switches?

Thanks in anticipation

[Leo Laohoo]

When you are dealing with StackPower, the maximum limit is 4 switches.  You can't do anything about that. 

If you have 5 switches, then you split your StackPower like 2 & 3 or whatever combination you want.

[darren1900]

why, what physical limitations?

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/message/715115#715115

[Jose Solano]

Hi,

 In this case the functionality is limited to 4 switches in the stack power due to physical limitations, if you have more then 4 then you will need to configure 2 different stack power instances.

Hope this helps.

[darren1900]

why, what physical limitations?

https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/message/715115#715115