Connecting or disconnecting powered-on standalone switches or existing switch stacks can lead to a stack reload, merge or split. This table provides release and related information for the features explained in this article. These features are available in all the releases subsequent to the one they were. basically after you have configured the stack, you can manage it as if it were a single device, as you can read form the document, both devices are responsible for traffic forwarding (Data Plane), but only the Master switch manages the control plane You can configure the stack as L2 or L3 device. We're going to install two 48 port SFP+ switches at a co-location facility that will house all of our primary servers and storage. Both x690 switches have the core licence and will do layer 3. For switch to be in HA, we need to do stacking right or Hsrp might work but for. This article explains what switch stacking is, how stacking works, its advantages and disadvantages, why Asterfusion is moving away from stacking, and alternative solutions — and shows how we address the challenges modern network designs face due to stacking. What is Switch Stacking? Switch. A Stacked CORE switch is a control plane single point of failure. The first step would be to un-stack them and as you suggested running VRRP/HSRP is probably a good solution.
