On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:04 PM, Kinkie <gkin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Bulger, Tim <tim_bul...@polk.com> wrote: >> If you use stackable switches, you can stack across cabinets (up to 3 with 1 >> meter Cisco 3750 Stackwise), and uplink on the ends. It's a pretty solid >> layout if you plan your port needs properly based on NIC density and cabinet >> size, plus you can cable cleanly to an adjacent cabinet's switch if >> necessary. > > > > Juniper claims their switches can do clustering using ethernet > cabling, yet a cluster behaves as a single-system-image > configuration-wise. Should allow for very flexible cabling and > operations-wise for TOR switches. I have never tried it however. >
The Ex4200 can be stacked by the ethernet expansion ports, either 4 x 1G or 2 x 10G. And yes, it behaves as single switch with multiple line cards.
