Cisco Common Commands

Show platform Stack-manager All show information for all swap stacks
Show switch displays summary information for the stack switch
Show Switch 1 shows information for a switch
Show Switch Detail displays information about the stack member details
Show switch Neighbors displays full information about the stacked neighbors
Show Switch Stack-ports displays full port information for the stack switch

Example: 2 x 3750 (WS-C3750E-48TD) stacking
Switch (config) # switch 1 provision WS-C3750E-48TD
Switch (config) # switch 2 provision WS-C3750E-48TD
Switch (config) # Stack-mac persistent Timer 5

show ip arp <IP> query bound IP address

ARP <ip><MAC> arpa IP MAC Address binding

Line con 0
Exec-timeout 0 0 never timeout
Exec-timeout 2 30 2 min 30 sec. disconnect

Cisco's switch interface needs to be encapsulated dot1q when configuring the trunk.

1. Turn on Spanning tree: Switch (config) #spanning-tree mode stp or RSTP;

2. Prioritize switches: Switch (config) #spanning-tree priority bridge-priority

3. Modify Port precedence: Switch (config-if) #spanning-tree port-priority Priority

Cisco Common Commands