Does a stack module and cable mean one switch?

[rka61]

Hi All

Hoping you can help me.

I have the following kit

HP 2920 STACKING CABLE - 50 CM J9734A

HP 2920 2 PORT STACKING MODULE (J9733A)

HP 2920-48G-POE+ SWITCH J9729A

Can you tell me if by stacking the two switches will the appear as one or is this just on a managment level.

If I have a sever with 2 NIC's and I plug one NIC into each switch, will the switch shutdown a port due to STP?

If this is the case can i configure VSS (Cisco terminology) so they appear as one switch.

I have a Palo Alto firewall and want to configure a port to go to each switch.

Hope this makes sense. thanks very much

Regards

Rushad

[showneek · Accepted solution]

Hi,

yes, pair of 2920 with dedicated stacking modules does the true stacking (like IRF, VSS). So these two switches will act as one logical entity from L2/L3 point of view.

BR,

Jan

[rka61]

Hi showneek

Thanks for your response. Ok I will test this to confirm

Regards

R