Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches

 How many Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches can stack into a single logical entity?

 Hi, emma, only 4 switches can become part of the same Cisco StackPower stack in a ring topology.
For the Cisco 3850 switches stack number,there are two types:
Up to 9 Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches can be stacked together to build single logical StackWise-480 switch since Cisco IOS XE Release 3.3.0SE. Prior to Cisco IOS XE Release3.3.0SE, up to 4 Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches could be stacked together.

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    I know the number of Cisco 3850 switches for stacking is 9, so, if I make up a Cisco StackPower stack, MAX is 9, too?

     Hi, emma, only 4 switches can become part of the same Cisco StackPower stack in a ring topology.
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    Up to 9 Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches can be stacked together to build single logical StackWise-480 switch since Cisco IOS XE Release 3.3.0SE. Prior to Cisco IOS XE Release3.3.0SE, up to 4 Cisco Catalyst 3850 switches could be stacked together.

  • Cisco catalyst 3850 switch won't take command: "switchport mode trunk encapsulation dot 1q"

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    ========
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    ========
    Cisco IOS Software, IOS-XE Software, Catalyst L3 Switch Software (CAT3K_CAA-UNIVERSALK9-M), 
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    ============
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  • DHCP on Cisco Catalyst 2950 Switch

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          3075376 Broadcast bytes                  208128 Broadcast bytes
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                0 Cos 2 Pause frames                    0 Cos 2 Pause frames
                0 Cos 3 Pause frames                    0 Cos 3 Pause frames
                0 Cos 4 Pause frames                    0 Cos 4 Pause frames
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        168093015 8192 to 16383 byte frames     147411745 8192 to 16383 byte frames
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                0 2 collision frames
                0 3 collision frames
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                0 5 collision frames
                0 6 collision frames
                0 7 collision frames
                0 8 collision frames
                0 9 collision frames
                0 10 collision frames
                0 11 collision frames
                0 12 collision frames
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                0 14 collision frames
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           959312 Broadcast bytes                  204160 Broadcast bytes
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                0 Cos 0 Pause frames                    0 Cos 0 Pause frames
                0 Cos 1 Pause frames                    0 Cos 1 Pause frames
                0 Cos 2 Pause frames                    0 Cos 2 Pause frames
                0 Cos 3 Pause frames                    0 Cos 3 Pause frames
                0 Cos 4 Pause frames                    0 Cos 4 Pause frames
                0 Cos 5 Pause frames                    0 Cos 5 Pause frames
                0 Cos 6 Pause frames                    0 Cos 6 Pause frames
                0 Cos 7 Pause frames                    0 Cos 7 Pause frames
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                0 8192 to 16383 byte frames             0 8192 to 16383 byte frames
                0 16384 to 32767 byte frame             0 16384 to 32767 byte frame
                0 > 32768 byte frames                   0 > 32768 byte frames
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                0 Excess Defer frames                   0 Collision fragments
                0 Good (1 coll) frames                  0 ValidUnderSize frames
                0 Good (>1 coll) frames            319524 InvalidOverSize frames
                0 Deferred frames                       3 ValidOverSize frames
                0 Gold frames dropped                   0 FcsErr frames
                0 Gold frames truncated
                0 Gold frames successful
                0 1 collision frames
                0 2 collision frames
                0 3 collision frames
                0 4 collision frames
                0 5 collision frames
                0 6 collision frames
                0 7 collision frames
                0 8 collision frames
                0 9 collision frames
                0 10 collision frames
                0 11 collision frames
                0 12 collision frames
                0 13 collision frames
                0 14 collision frames
                0 15 collision frames
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