
Chapter 2: Virtual Chassis Stacking
Stacking Transceivers
You connect the switches of the VCStack with the stacking transceivers listed in Table 5 and shown in Figure 12.
Table 5. Stacking Transceivers
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Twinax cable | 1 meter | ||
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62.5/125 µm multi- | 33 meters (108 feet) | ||
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| 50/125 µm multi- | 300 meters (984 feet) | |
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9/125 µm single- | 9 kilometers | ||
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Figure 12. Stacking Transceivers
With its two SFP+ transceiver-style connectors and one meter of twinax cable, the AT-StackXS/1.0 transceiver is appropriate in situations where the switches are in the same equipment rack or on the same table.
The fiber optic transceivers are used to build stacks across large distances.
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