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Tabl e 23 SuperStack 4 Switch 5500 Support for XRN Distributed Fabric

Stacking Switch 5500 Units1Ensure that the switch units that you wish to interconnect have the latest software agent installed. You can use the display version command to check this.2Enable the ‘up port’ and the ‘down port’ on each switch (see Tab le 23) to operate in Fabric mode using the following CLI command. From the System View enter fabric-port gigabitethernet 1/0/51 enable, for example.
Switch Port used XRN support
Switch 5500-SI 28-Port
(3CR17151-91)
Ports 27 (up port) and 28 (down
port) using a 1000 Mbps SFP
transceiver
Supports DDM and
DLA*
*Distributed Device Management and Distributed Link Aggregation
Switch 5500-SI 52-Port
(3CR17152-91)
Ports 51 (up port) and 52 (down
port) using a 1000 Mbps SFP
transceiver
Supports DDM and
DLA*
Switch 5500-EI 28-Port
(3CR17161-91)
Ports 27 (up port) and 28 (down
port) using a 1000 Mbps SFP
transceiver
Full XRN functionality
Switch 5500-EI 52-Port
(3CR17162-91)
Ports 51 (up port) and 52 (down
port) using a 1000 Mbps SFP
transceiver
Full XRN functionality
Switch 5500-EI PWR
28-Port (3CR17171-91)
Ports 27 (up port) and 28 (down
port) using a 1000 Mbps SFP
transceiver
Full XRN functionality
Switch 5500-EI PWR
52-Port (3CR17172-91)
Ports 51 (up port) and 52 (down
port) using a 1000 Mbps SFP
transceiver
Full XRN functionality
Switch 5500-EI FX 28-Port
(3CR17181-91)
Ports 27 (up port) and 28 (down
port) via 10/100/1000BASE-T
ports
Full XRN functionality
Switch 5500G-EI 24-Port
(3CR17254-91)
Two dedicated stacking cable
ports (one ‘up’ and one ‘down’)
on the rear of the unit.
Full XRN functionality
Switch 5500G-EI 48-Port
(3CR17255-91)
Two dedicated stacking cable
ports (one ‘up’ and one ‘down’)
on the rear of the unit.
Full XRN functionality
Switch 5500G-EI SFP
24-Port (3CR17259-91)
Two dedicated stacking cable
ports (one ‘up’ and one ‘down’)
on the rear of the unit.
Full XRN functionality
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