02-02-2016 07:49 AM - edited 03-08-2019 04:26 AM
Hello Everyone
My goal is to create an access layer stack of eight 2960x switches (or two stacks of four) but my concern would be the up-link speed to core (4506-E). A fellow engineer suggested a 10G up-link from the stack. Is anyone running a stack of four or more switches and if so are you using cross ether-channel? Do you have up-links from each member in the stack to your core/distribution? Have you seen in performance issues or gains?
Thanks!!
02-02-2016 12:15 PM
I've got a significant number of stacked 2960S and I run Etherchannel on the uplinks. I don't see any issue.
02-02-2016 12:18 PM
Thanks for your comment, Leo. I've decided to use 1gig up-links and configure the ether channels.
02-02-2016 12:25 PM
Just to add to Leo's note. I usually don't stack more than 4. The reason being is that if there is something wrong with a stack of 8 switches, you lose everything vs stack of 4 you lose half of that. This may also give you more throughput since you are using 1Gig interfaces for uplinks.
HTH
02-03-2016 01:38 AM
I would run with two stacks of 4 switches, just to reduce the size of a problem if something goes horribly wrong.
I normally use a 1Gbe uplink from each switch and run them into four separate blades on a 4500 and then Etherchannel the whole lot together. Then if a blade dies everything keeps working.
Never had a performance problem.
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