I do not recommend doing that, it's 30 members in a single stack. Mine was only two, directly connected to each other.
Treat your control plane like your L2, don't extend it farther than necessary. Ryan On Feb 25 2020, at 9:00 pm, Tim Požár <po...@lns.com> wrote: > > Also, Juniper switches will stack over fiber. I have deployed Virtual > Chassis over multiple IDFs. The VC ports can be (and highly suggested) > to be in a ring. > > https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/concept/virtual-chassis-ex4200-overview.html > https://www.juniper.net/documentation/en_US/junos/topics/task/configuration/virtual-chassis-ex4300-configuring.html > On 2/25/20 6:32 PM, Norman Jester wrote: > > I’m in the process of choosing hardware > > for a 30 story building. If anyone has experience with this I’d appreciate > > any tips. > > > > There are two fiber pairs running up the building riser. I need to put a > > POE switch on each floor using this fiber. > > The idea is to cut the fiber at each floor and insert a switch and daisy > > chain the switches together using one pair, and using the other pair as the > > failover side of the ring going back to the source so if one device fails > > it doesn’t take the whole string down. > > The problem here is how many switches can be strung together and I would > > not try more than 3 to 5. This is not something I typically do (stacking > > switches). I have fears of STP and/or RSTP issue stacking past Ethernet > > switch to switch limits (if they still exist??) > > Is there a device with a similar protocol as the old 3com (now HP IDF) > > stacking capability via fiber? > > I’d like to use something inexpensive as its to power ubiquiti wifi on each > > floor. Ideally if you know something I don’t about ubiquiti switches that > > can do this I’d appreciate knowing. > > Norman
