Stacking Configuration Requirements; Stacking Cables - Brocade Communications Systems ICX 6610 Installation Manual

Connecting devices in a mixed stack
Trunking requirements
• You can connect one or both ports in a trunk. Connecting both ports in a trunk increases stacking bandwidth and provides
resiliency.
• If you connect both ports in a trunk, both ports must connect to both ports of one trunk on another device.
• When configuring a trunk, the ports in the same column are always trunked (port 1 to port 2, port 3 to port 4). One or both of
the two sets of stacking ports can be trunked (or untrunked).
• For ICX 6450 devices, all stacking ports must be configured to 10 Gbps port speed to enable trunking.
NOTE
If you use the Secure-Setup utility described in the FastIron Ethernet Switch Stacking Configuration Guide to set up a mixed
stack, the stacking units (ICX 6610 devices and ICX 6450 devices) are automatically trunked.

Stacking configuration requirements

Before configuring the mixed stack, physically connect the devices using stacking cables.
Secure-Setup utility
To connect the SFP+ ports on the front of the ICX 6610 to ICX 6450 devices, configure the ports to 10 Gbps using the speed
command as described in the Secure-Setup utility.
Refer to the FastIron Ethernet Switch Stacking Configuration Guide for a full description of using the Secure-Setup utility to connect the
ICX 6610 in a mixed stack.
Automatic and manual configuration methods
To connect an ICX 6610 in the backbone to an ICX 6450 peripheral unit, use the peri-port command or peri-trunk command on the
ICX 6610.
The ICX 6610 can be configured in a mixed stack manually, automatically, or using the Secure-Setup utility. For information on all
configuration methods, refer to the FastIron Ethernet Switch Stacking Configuration Guide.

Stacking cables

The following table shows the cables to connect devices in a mixed stack.
TABLE 14 Cables to connect devices in a mixed stack
To connect this device
ICX 6610
ICX 6450
ICX 6610
48
To this device
ICX 6610
ICX 6450
ICX 6450
Use this cable
1 meter passive copper QSFP stacking cable
100 meter QSFP fiber-optic cable
SFP+ fiber-optic cable
10 Gbps copper stacking cable
SFP+ fiber-optic cable
10 Gbps copper stacking cable
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