We have 2 Dell 6248P switches which are stacked, Its all working fine, But the strange thing is that The stacking modules are not cross connected they are connected to the ports inline to each other
Port 1 (Switch 1) --> Port 1( Switch 2) Port 2 (Switch 1) --> Port 2 (Switch 2)
Whereas it should be
Port 1 (Switch 1) --> Port 2 (Switch 2) , When i did this the whole network went down. None of the switches were accessible. The rest of the configuration was the exact same as defined on the configuration manual
Any thoughts on this ?
Most likely you didn't give the stacking protocols enough time to detect and reconverge.
Crossing the cables is not required, but becomes easier to manage as you expand past just two switches. The important part is that the cables form a ring so that if one link is broken traffic can flow the other direction.
If this really just bothers you and you want to fix it, I would plan to power off switch #2 (after backing up and saving your configuration). Then fix the cabling, and power it back on. It should detect the stacking configuration on boot and still be known as switch #2 and just come back online as it was.