Maximum no. of switches allowed to stack in A5500 EI Switches

[sebastan]

Hi All,

Can someone please help me out with how many switches can be stacked together in HP A5500 EI Switches.

Regards

Sebastan

[Richard Litchfield_1]

9 switches in IRF virtual switch for A5500-EI

9 switches in IRF virtual switch for A5800/A5820

4 switches in IRF virtual switch for A5120-EI

2 switches in IRF virtual switch for A7500, A9500, A12500

[sebastan]

Hi,

Thanks a lot for your detailed answer.

I would just like to know since HP A-Series doesn't have inbuilt stacking modules so they use the 10Gig Modules for stacking. Then it that case what if I also want to use 10Gig uplinks to connecting to the data centre.

Can you please advice.

Thanks & Regards

Sebastan

[DavidGalveias]

Hi Sebastian,

You don't need all 10G ports for IRF(stacking).
Since all A5500 switches support 2 extended module slots, you can use one slot with two 10G ports for IRF and another module with one or two 10 G ports for uplink to interconnect to your datacenter.

Regards

[mostakbal]

how can make stack ?

is by CX4 Port

[Fredrik Lönnman]

CX4 is one way, you can also use the regular 10GbE fiber modules.

[Richard Litchfield]

The dual port CX4 modules are the cheapest way of linking 5500EI switches for IRF. You would probably have the other module with dual SFP+ ports for connection to the DC core switches (with copper DACs or fibre optic cable).