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How would they need to be linked? A switch on each floor or room or something like that? <br />
If you want to link them like that, you can opt to use the 10GbE SFP+ or 10GBASE-T ports...
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How would they need to be linked? A switch on each floor or room or something like that?
If you want to link them like that, you can opt to use the 10GbE SFP+ or 10GBASE-T ports...

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Do they have stacking modules? But about your <b>five</b> switches, did you read this:<br />
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Stacking capability with a total of four switches
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<a href="http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/networking/products/switches/HP_2920_Switch_Series/index.aspx#.U_olo2OM3KA" rel="ugc nofollow">http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/networking/products/switches/HP_2920_Switch_Series/index.aspx#.U_olo2OM3KA</a>
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Do they have stacking modules? But about your five switches, did you read this:



> Stacking capability with a total of four switches

http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/networking/products/switches/HP_2920_Switch_Series/index.aspx#.U_olo2OM3KA [http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/networking/products/switches/HP_2920_Switch_Series/index.aspx#.U_olo2OM3KA]

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Yes, they have been configured and stacked at the back. They are all in one cab, just wondered the best way to connect them via ethernet at the front.
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Yes, they have been configured and stacked at the back. They are all in one cab, just wondered the best way to connect them via ethernet at the front.

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Hi<br />
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Could someone please give me a diagram of how they would recommend linking up five HP 2920-48G switches via ethernet cable ?<br />
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Much appreciated.
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Hi

Could someone please give me a diagram of how they would recommend linking up five HP 2920-48G switches via ethernet cable ?

Much appreciated.

Linking 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.

Switches / Hubs

Networking hardware includes the physical devices facilitating the use of a computer network. Typically, networking hardware includes gateways, routers, network bridges, modems, wireless access points, networking cables, line drivers, switches, hubs, and repeaters. But it also includes hybrid network devices such as multilayer switches, protocol converters, bridge routers, proxy servers, firewalls, network address translators, multiplexers, network interface controllers, wireless network interface controllers, ISDN terminal adapters and other related hardware.