Out-Of-Band Port; Stacking The Switches; Product Models - Cisco Business Series Manual

Get To Know Your Switch

Out-Of-Band Port

The switch supports an Out-of-Band (OOB) port which is used for the management network. The out-of-band
and the in-band ports share the same IP routing table. Thus, the same subnet can not be used on both the
in-band and out-of-band interfaces.
The OOB port is assigned an MAC address which differs from the base MAC address and the in-band ports
addresses. This MAC address is used as the source MAC address in all frames sent by the switch on the OOB
port. The IP address assigned to this port cannot be assigned to the in-band ports at the same time. In addition,
it must not belong to any IP subnet configured at the in-band interfaces of the devices.
By default, the OOB port is configured with a default IP address 192.168.1.254. This default IP address is
used when no other address is assigned (dynamically or statically). This subnet is a reserved one and cannot
be assigned on the in-band interfaces.

Stacking the Switches

A stack can have multiple devices in it. Any 10G port of the switch can be used for stacking.
By default, the ports on the switch function as regular Ethernet ports, except if you configure them to do
stacking. You cannot mix the stack speeds between the switches or ports.
Danger Stack ports must be either configured with the same port speed or have the same speed capability on the
module or cable plug in. If the port speed is configured as auto, then the module plugged into these two ports
will need to have the same speed capability, otherwise the switch will not be able to form as a stack with
multiple units.
The switch can only be stacked without Mesh topology. The switches in the same stack are connected together
through their stack ports. Depending on the type of stack ports and the desired speed, you may need Cat6a
Ethernet cables or Cisco approved modules or cables for the switches.

Product Models

The following are the available product models:
Table 2: Product Models
SKU Name
SF350-08
SF352-08
SF352-08P
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Description
SF350-08 8-Port 10/100 Managed Switch
SF352-08 8-Port 10/100Managed Switch
SF352-08P 8-Port 10/100 PoE Managed Switch
Get To Know Your Switch
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