Cisco 500 Series Quick Start Manual page 10

• Advanced Hybrid—A device in Advanced Hybrid mode can be
connected to other devices of the 500 series to form a stack. In this
mode, VRRP and/or RIP are supported. In this mode, auto numbering of
units is not supported, because only the SG500X devices can function
as master/backup.
The master and backup master units must be SG500X devices. Sx500
devices can only be slaves, therefore up to 6 Sx500 units can be stacked
together with two SG500X devices.
Stack Configuration Options
The following describes some typical stack configurations:
Possible Stack Configuration
Stack consists of all SG500Xs in
Native Stacking mode.
Stack consists of all Sx500s in Native
Stacking mode.
Stack consists of mixed device types
in Basic Hybrid mode.
• Master: Either type of device
• Backup: Either type of device
• Slaves: Either type of device
Stack consists of mixed device types
in Advanced Hybrid mode.
• Master: SG500X
• Backup: SG500X
• Slaves: Either type of device
Example Stacking Scenarios
Speeds listed below that use
N
OTE
SFP speed.
For the SG500X-24, SG500X-24P, SG500X-48, or SG500X-48P devices,
the following information applies:
Stacking Option One (default option):
• Ports XG3/S1 and XG4/S2 are configured as stack ports
– Speed—1G, 10G, 1G/10G-auto
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Stack Ports Speed
1G/10G or 1G/5G
1G/5G (default) or 1G Copper/
SFP (Combo)
1G/5G
1G/5G
xx
-auto mean auto-detection of the
500 Series Stackable Managed Switches