Stacking; Two-Switch Stack; Three-Switch Stack - Qlogic SANbox 5600 Series Installation Manual

3 – Planning
Multiple Chassis Fabrics

Stacking

You can connect up to six 20-port SANbox 5600 Series switches together through
the XPAK ports, thus preserving the user ports for devices. This is called stacking.
The following 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-switch stacking configurations are
recommended for best performance and redundancy. Each XPAK port contributes
1.275 GB of bandwidth between chassis with one chassis hop between any two
ports.
3-inch XPAK switch stacking cables. Thirty-two SFP ports are available for
devices.
Figure 3-2
3-inch and one 9-inch XPAK switch stacking cables. Forty-eight SFP ports are
available for devices.
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Figure 3-1 shows a two-switch stack of model 5600 switches using two
Figure 3-1 Two-Switch Stack
shows a three-switch stack of SANbox 5600 Series switches using two
Figure 3-2 Three-Switch Stack
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