Quote Originally Posted by Lady's Human View Post

We have a spare switch currently not in use.

My proposed solution..........
take one of the site spares from the rack it is currently in,
move it to the rack where we need more active ports,
cable it appropriately, and problem is solved.

Total cost = the labor required to do the cabling and moving the switch.
BUT, BUT, But ...
THEN you won't have a "SPARE"!