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When connecting two neighboring IRF member switches, you must connect the physical ports of
IRF-port 1 on one switch to the physical ports of IRF-port 2 on the other switch.
The HPE FlexNetwork 5130 EI switches can provide 10-GE IRF connections through 1/10 GE
Ethernet ports or SFP+ ports, and you can bind several 1/10 GE Ethernet ports or SFP+ ports to an
IRF port for increased bandwidth and availability.
show the topologies of an IRF fabric containing three HPE 5130 24G 4SFP+
EI switches. The IRF port connections in the two figures are for illustration only, and more connection
methods are available.
Figure 28 IRF fabric in daisy chain topology
Figure 29 IRF fabric in ring topology
Identifying physical IRF ports on the member switches
Identify the physical IRF ports on the member switches according to your topology and connection
scheme.
Planning the cabling scheme
Use twisted pair cables, SFP+ cables, or SFP+ transceiver modules and fibers to connect the IRF
member switches. If the IRF member switches are far away from one another, choose the SFP+
transceiver modules with optical fibers. If the IRF member switches are all in one equipment room,
choose twisted pair cables or SFP+ cables.
