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Cisco switch hardware installation guides have a section on how to connect stack cables. The diagram below is the classic example, taken from the 9300 guide. The guides say this is a recommended configuration, not the recommended configuration To me...
In the IOS shell, there is a command "fetch" (ie, in the terminal shell). The help says: NAMEfetch - return data from a path variable.SYNOPSISfetch <var> <path>DESCRIPTIONFetch returns a string from an internal path elementPath elements contain inter...
An IE-2000-16PTC-G-L, which has 4 x PoE+ ports, with a 170W power supply, should have 120W available to the PoE ports. However, it is only making 65W available.
Is it supposed to detect the available power, or is there a way to set the available po...
@mumbles202 and @Bladefox : No, this is not the case. If any single switch fails, there is still a continuous chain through all the remaining switches, exactly as it would be in the "traditional" stacking method
Ultimately, it doesn't matter, except to a pedant. I recommend you go with option 1, the parallel cables. Then if you add a third switch, move the cable from 2B to 3A, and add a cable between 2B and 3B. This method is repeatable for any number of swi...
IE2000 with 170W power supply
Thanks again for replying, I appreciate your help. As you can see, the connection is as documented. The measurement shouldn't be necessary - the situation is the same for nine switches.
We've opened a TAC case, so we'l...
