Dell PowerEdge M1000e User Manual page 50

Benefits of Stacking
Benefits of Stacking
Single point of management for each stack
•
Increase of East/West traffic so less traffic
•
goes to Top of Rack
– Save on Top of Rack ports
– Reduced Cables
– Less Congestion at Top of Rack
Use blade switches as the aggregation
•
layer eliminating the need for Top of Rack
switches
Topology / Configuration
Topology
Stacked blade switches connected
directly to the Network Core switches
Configuration
Stacked blade switches act as the
aggregation layer. No need for Top of
Rack switches.
Dell M-Series Blade I/O Guide
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Topology Diagram
Stack and Connect Directly to Core
VLT
Core
Stacked IOMs
Stack Ring 1
Stack Ring 2
LAN
Core
Stacked IOMs