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Cascading the two switches with either copper or fiber should not make any difference ... not exactly sure about the features of that model, but if available you may also want to think about combining more ports to an Etherchannel to increase the switch interconnect bandwidth. <br />

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Cascading the two switches with either copper or fiber should not make any difference ... not exactly sure about the features of that model, but if available you may also want to think about combining more ports to an Etherchannel to increase the switch interconnect bandwidth.


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For some reason these models are VERY particular on the daisy chaining as opposed to other Cisco models. &nbsp;I have tried to chain via Copper on port 1 and port 48 with no luck. &nbsp;The GBIC modules have been ordered so I'll wait until they are installed to answer which method worked.
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For some reason these models are VERY particular on the daisy chaining as opposed to other Cisco models.  I have tried to chain via Copper on port 1 and port 48 with no luck.  The GBIC modules have been ordered so I'll wait until they are installed to answer which method worked.

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Please note, with stacking mode enabled, the four ports (well, two as they're mutually exclusive) can not be used for regular switch ports anymore ...
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Please note, with stacking mode enabled, the four ports (well, two as they're mutually exclusive) can not be used for regular switch ports anymore ...

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Thank you, I wasn't able to find that information you provided. &nbsp;Very much appreciated.
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Thank you, I wasn't able to find that information you provided.  Very much appreciated.

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I have two Cisco SGE2010 Switches I would like to Daisy chain to make it 96 ports, minus 2 for the chain would leave me 94 useable ports. &nbsp;There are four GBIC ports, but I don't have any GBIC modules. &nbsp;Can I still chain the two switches using cat5 or am I stuck using the GBIC port 48 on each to accomplish this.
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I have two Cisco SGE2010 Switches I would like to Daisy chain to make it 96 ports, minus 2 for the chain would leave me 94 useable ports.  There are four GBIC ports, but I don't have any GBIC modules.  Can I still chain the two switches using cat5 or am I stuck using the GBIC port 48 on each to accomplish this.

Daisy Chain multiple Cisco SGE2010 switches

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.