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Isn't xenpak a Cisco thing? &nbsp;These are 3Com switches.
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Isn't xenpak a Cisco thing?  These are 3Com switches.

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You can just use the rear stacking slots for XRN stacking.<br />
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You do not need to use xenpak connections.<br />
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You can just use the rear stacking slots for XRN stacking.

You do not need to use xenpak connections.



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Does anyone have any experience with 3Com 5500 switches who can possibly take me through the steps required to stack 2 5500G switches? &nbsp;I have a 5500G 24 Port currently in production and want to add a second 5500G and stack them together. &nbsp;I have the 3Com stacking cable, but I can' t find any documentation detailing the setup required, commands, etc...<br />

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Does anyone have any experience with 3Com 5500 switches who can possibly take me through the steps required to stack 2 5500G switches?  I have a 5500G 24 Port currently in production and want to add a second 5500G and stack them together.  I have the 3Com stacking cable, but I can' t find any documentation detailing the setup required, commands, etc...


3Com 5500G Switch Stacking Help

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.