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Thanks for the information especially about the stacking cable length. That actually might be viable.
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Thanks for the information especially about the stacking cable length. That actually might be viable.

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Your welcome! I'm glad I could help and thanks for the points!
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Your welcome! I'm glad I could help and thanks for the points!

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I am new to Dell switches and almost all in the company I just started working for are Dell 3048 or 3024.<br />
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There is no previous documentation for the network available so after digging around I found the OpenManage web login for the switches (and I logged into via telnet also). Currently, we have a stack of three just for the corporate office with 6 vlans setup for users, phones, wireless, etc. We are currently expanding and need to add data/phone ports on one empty floor below the server room. <br />
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The main question I have from looking at the stack view and the physical switches is:<br />
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Does Dell have standard uplink ports to connect with upstream switches? I am thinking I need to put a switch in the open office space<br />
and thought a fiber or cable drop from the switch stack would be easiest. I'm not a cabling guy so any suggestions are appreciated.<br />
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I am new to Dell switches and almost all in the company I just started working for are Dell 3048 or 3024.

There is no previous documentation for the network available so after digging around I found the OpenManage web login for the switches (and I logged into via telnet also). Currently, we have a stack of three just for the corporate office with 6 vlans setup for users, phones, wireless, etc. We are currently expanding and need to add data/phone ports on one empty floor below the server room. 

The main question I have from looking at the stack view and the physical switches is:

Does Dell have standard uplink ports to connect with upstream switches? I am thinking I need to put a switch in the open office space
and thought a fiber or cable drop from the switch stack would be easiest. I'm not a cabling guy so any suggestions are appreciated.



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