Chapter 2 Installation
Creating Connections
Table 2-1 Available GBIC Ports in a Point-to-Point Configuration
| | Available GigaStack |
Device | GBIC Ports |
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1000BASE-X module (for modular | 2 |
2900 | XL switches) | |
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3500 | XL switches | 2 |
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2950 switches | 2 |
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3550 multilayer switches | 2 |
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Note The GigaStack GBIC supports setting a trunk to IEEE 802.1Q or Inter-SwitchLink (ISL) encapsulation. All GigaStack GBIC interfaces in the cascaded stack should be configured as trunk interfaces (switchport mode trunk interface configuration command) and to use the same encapsulation method (switchport trunk encapsulation {isl dot1q} interface configuration command). For more information on these commands, refer to the command reference for your switch.
For more information, see the “Point-to-Point Connections” section on page 2-10, the “Cascaded Stack Connections” section on page 2-11, and the “Cascaded Stack Connections with a Redundant Link” section on page 2-12.
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