IntroductionThere are a number of scenarios when you would need to introduce a new switch into an existing stack of 3850 switches.  One particular example is when a new switch is purchased to expand the number of usable ports in the stack.  To succes...

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IntroductionConfigurationSupported GBICsReference IntroductionIt is sometimes confusing on which interfaces are available and which can be configured when using one of the NM modules in a Cisco 3850 Switch.  We currently offer three different modules...

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IntroductionThere are multiple reasons a 3850 may fail to boot correctly including a corrupt boot image, a corrupt packages.conf file, missing files, etc.  Below are a few different possible recovery methods to try.  I will also explain the two possi...