How to FlexStack Cisco 2960-S Switches

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How to FlexStack Cisco 2960-S Switches

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Why need to stack cisco 2960 Switch?
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• Cisco FlexStack stacking for Cisco Catalyst
  2960-S Series Switches provides a true stacking
  solution with allswitches in a FlexStack stack
  acting as a single switching unit.Stacking
  Ethernet switches reduces the network
  administrator's total cost of ownership. The cost
  of maintaining thenetwork is decreased because
  there are fewer devices to manage, and the
  network uptime is increased with
  built-inredundancy.

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Stacking 2960S switch Benefits

• 20Gbps Bandwidththe displayed speeds is actually
  10Gbps, but because it is full duplex, that's how
  they arrived with 20Gbps.
• ManagementWhen stacked, all your switches are
  logically one switch. One management IP address
  to manage all three switches.

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• CablingCleaner cabling since they stack from
  behind and would not interfere with any other
  cables you may have. 
• 4 Member Switch capacityYou can stack up to four
  switches in your Flexstack switching fabric. This
  gives you much room for growth and 192 Ethernet
  10/100/1000 ports with 16 optional modules.
• Hot pluggable switchesYou can remove and add
  switches while the stack is running. A working
  stack can accept new members or delete old ones
  without service interruption.
• FlexStackHardware drop table.

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Steps to stack Cisco 2960-S switches freely

• The main components that you will need are
  switches, stack modules and stack cables.
  Following the guides below
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• 1. Once you remove the stack module cover on the
  rear of the switch, you will of course have
  gaping holes that you will need to insert the
  modules into!

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• 2. Plug in the stack cables and allow the
  switches to select the MASTER through an election
  process, or you can define which switch you'd
  like to be the MASTER by setting the priority to
  the highest level which is 15.
• switch(config) switch 1 priority 15
• My switches are in order from top to bottom
  1, 2 and 3. (MASTER, MEMBER, MEMBER)
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• 3. If everything is done right, you can visually
  tell which switch is the MASTER by looking at the
  front display LED lights.