switches are MS 425-32 core and MS 240-48FP access - all are stacked and on same Firmware ... View more

i dont get this part "one uplink for the stack"     what if that switch FAILS that has the uplink - shouldnt there be 1 extra uplink ? as per my diagram?   thanks ! ... View more

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Thank you again!   so in this case i will need separate uplinks from each switch to the Internet connected switch?    or i can connect all of the MS switches to 1 MS switch and connect that 1 MS switch to the Internet switch ?   Thanks again for your quick responses - much appreciate it ! ... View more

Thanks much for the quick reply. If i do not have a DHCP server and want to assign a block of IP subnet / vlan that is statically assigned to the switches how would that work ? via management port i believe ? if yes then in this case i will need all the switches to have an Uplink ? or would i be able to create a new VLAN in each switch [via manegement port access] and assign a different address to each SVI/interface vlan and trunk that to an existing switch that has Internet connection ? ... View more