Highlights Of Cisco C2960X-STACK
Flex Stack-Plus is the name of the stacking technology used by the Cisco Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR Series switches. Flex Stack-Plus is specific to the Cisco C2960X-STACK and 2960-XR Series of switches.
Table 1 shows that with C2960X-STACK, the 2960-X and 2960-XR can support:
Stacking Item |
C2960-X |
C2960-XR |
Bidirectional stack bandwidth |
80Gbps |
80Gbps |
Hot-swappable stack module |
Yes |
Yes |
Max stack members |
8 |
8 |
Supports Flex Stack |
Yes |
No |
Supports Flex Stack-Plus |
Yes |
Yes |
Mixed Stacks: Flex Stack and Flex Stack-Plus
The 2960-S and 2960-X support a mixed stack of 2960 models. All these 2960 models run the Flex Stack protocol, allowing them to be stacked together into a single stack. The exception is the 2960-XR does not stack with either the 2960-X or the 2960-S. The 2960-XR has the IP-Lite feature set, and this is not compatible with the LAN Base feature set on the 2960-X and 2960-XR.