Chain Topologies; Ring Topologies; Mesh Topologies; Sample Network Topologies - Aruba 2930M Installation And Getting Started Manual

Procedure
1. Power off all switches that are going to be stacked.
2. Install stacking modules in the switches and connect the stacking cables to create your stacking topology.
3. Power on each switch, one at a time. The first switch that you should power on is the one that you want to be
the Commander of the stack. The second one will become the stack Standby. For the other stack members,
their member ID is determined by the sequence in which they are booted.

Chain topologies

Chain topologies are supported only as an intermediate topology resulting from a stack member or stacking cable
connection failure event.

Ring topologies

Up to 10 switches can also be connected in closed ring topologies. Ring topologies afford some protection from a
single failure because communication between the switches continues in a direction away from the failure.
Figure 15: Typical ring topology
Figure 16: Broken ring failure scenario

Mesh topologies

Mesh topologies are not supported for the 2930M.

Sample network topologies

This section shows a few sample network topologies in which the switch is implemented. For more topology
information, visit the product website at http://www.hpe.com/networking/support.
The switch is designed to be used primarily as a desktop switch. End nodes, printers and other peripherals, and
servers are directly connected, as shown in the following illustration. Notice that the end node devices are
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