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Adding boards to the core switch

Specialty cable knowledge brief Published 16 Oct 2025

Prepared for preliminary research by the ZITHA SPECIALTY knowledge desk. Confirm fire performance, mechanical protection, loss budgets and installation requirements against current standards and product documentation.

Core switch replacement My current core switches (2 x Aruba 3810M) are 6 years old and limited in their connection options.

Adding boards to the core switch

Best practices when configuring an Access switch stack to Core

Currently, the access switches physically connect to each other via fiber and only a few switches are directly connected to the Core stack. The firewall acts as the router. Only a few access switches

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