Cisco C1300 series - are the stacking limits ports number based?

[Nils_TheOlderOne]

Hi,

I am interested in the Cisco C1300 series - specifically the C1300-48FP-4X. The data sheet says:

"Up to 8 switches in a stack. Up to 200 ports managed as a single system with hardware failover."

Does this mean a limit of eight units or 200 ports - whichever comes first? Meaning: that I can stack only four units of the C1300-48FP-4X as this already will exceed the limit of 200 ports?

Thanks for any clarifications and best regards,

Nils

[dbrazdzionis]

Hey all. Was digging for same information, but seems that i was more succesfull getting to cisco engineer directly (benefit of being a distributor i guess). so the answer the the question is such:  "engineer say datasheet is wrong and needs to be corrected, all ports you have in stack are manageale" 

[Joseph W. Doherty]

"engineer say datasheet is wrong and needs to be corrected, all ports you have in stack are manageale"

That's possibly unclear.

Basically, the question is, is stack limited only by number of units in stack and not limited by number of ports in stack?

[dbrazdzionis · Accepted solution]

Correct,after double checking, the conclusion is that there is no port limit, only limit is that no more than 8 switches can be in stack. 

[Rich R]

@dbrazdzionis 
So then why would somebody write that in the datasheet in the first place? (it seems a very strange thing to just 'make up')
And when will the datasheet be updated?

[dbrazdzionis]

And that is a question for Cisco marketing team   From my experience datasheets are often missing something, i have to engange on GVE or direct contact with someone from my contact list just to get an answer (its not the only mistake , trust me, there are plenty). I guess theyu have something like internal wiki to get more relevant information