Stacking 9300 switches without stacking cable?

[jmcgrady1]

Does the 9300 range have the ability to use some of its regular copper or fibre ports for stacking, rather than the dedicated stacking cables on the rear? I have two switches more than 5 metres apart that i would like to stack.

[Leo Laohoo]

Horizontal Stacking or Single IP Management are not supported on the 9300. 

Single IP Management is supported on the Catalyst 1000. 

Horizontal Stacking is only supported on the Catalyst 3560CX-12PD.

[deepak-kumar3]

Does the 9300 range have the ability to use some of its regular copper or fibre ports for stacking, rather than the dedicated stacking cables on the rear? Actually my need is to build stacking with 2 switches in 2 different racks and those are 5 meter apart.

[gtrejoor]

Hi  deepak-kumar3 

The short answer is no, C9200/C9300 only supports back-to-back stacking (short-range physical connection) and C9400/C9500/C9600 supports StackWise Virtual where the connection can be made by Fiber cable.

Reference Doc:

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/switches/catalyst-9300-series-switches/white-paper-c11-741468.html

Regards, 

[Reza Sharifi]

It appears that 3 meters is the longest. You can probably have a vendor make a couple of 5 meters for you.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst9300/hardware/install/b_c9300_hig/connector-cable-specs.html

HTH