TP-Link T3700G-28TQ Installation Manual page 20

Stackable L3 Managed Switch
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Installation
3. Power off the switches, and then connect a 10G SFP+ cable (TXC432-CU1M/TXC432-
CU3M of TP-LINK for example1 between each pair of Interface Cards among the
switches, as the following figure shows.
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Figure 3-7
4. Connect each switch to the next in a cascade to build the backplane of the stack.
Finally, connect the last switch in the stack to the first switch, to close the ring and
provide redundancy and resiliency to the stack.
5. Power on the switches, then the switches will automatically select a master unit. The
Master LED of the selected switch will be on.
6. To use the console and CLI (Command Line Interface1, use a console cable to
connect the PC to the console port of any switch in the stack. This single console
connection enables you to manage all the switches in the stack.
Caution: In the process of using TP-LINK SFP+ Cables, please never bend them into
a radius of 45mm (1.77 inch1 or less, because it may permanently damage the SFP+
Cables.
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Stacking Using Interface Card
SFP+ cable