Two 2650 switches stacking as one

[John Smith_45]

I researching on buying a couple of switches for my network. Currently looking at Procurve 2650, 4148gl, and the cisco 2950g. My question is can two procurve 2650 switches stack as one switch? Is there any special cascade cable required?

Thanks.

[The Real MD]

funny you should ask I have been looking at this myself. I will be using a netgear option FSM726S which supports stacking, the stacking cable comes with each switch. i'm not sure about the HP Procurve options but have a look at this link. I thought it was quite useful.

Regards

Martin.

[Stuart Teo]

ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/networking/software/59906023e01-Mgmt-ch15-Stacking.pdf is a very good read. It tells you which switches support stacking and what it takes to stack them.

[Ardon]

Hi,

Stacking means: interconnecting Backplanes otherwise it should be called Cascading which mean you daisy chain the switches.
There is no REAL stacking kit. Interconnecting 2 2650 or 4148 does not require a special cable as both switches support Auto-MDI-X.

Regards, Ardon