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Figure4-3 IRF fabric in ring topology
Identifying IRF physical ports on the member switches
Identify the IRF physical ports on the member switches according to your topology and connection
scheme.
shows the physical ports that can be used for IRF connection and the port use restrictions.
Table4-1 IRF physical ports and use restrictions
Device model
Candidate IRF physical
ports
Restrictions for using the ports for
IRF connections
FS5100-8S-PWR-EI
FS5100-12S-EI
FS5100-12S-PWR-EI
FS5100-52F-EI-PS
All the following ports on the
front panel:
•
SFP+ ports
•
10/100/1000BASE-T
autosensing ports
All physical ports to be bound to an IRF port
must have the same data rate.
The port must operate at its highest speed.
•
SFP+ port
—10 Gbps
•
10/100/1000BASE-T autosensing port
+ SFP+ port
—1 Gbps
FS5100-12MS-EI
FS5100-12MS-PWR-EI
FS5100-20MS-EI
FS5100-20MS-PWR-EI
All the following ports on the
front panel:
•
5G/2.5G/1000/100BAS
E-T autosensing
Ethernet ports
•
10/100/1000BASE-T
autosensing Ethernet
ports
•
SFP+ ports
All physical ports to be bound to an IRF port
must have the same data rate.
The port must operate at its highest speed.
•
SFP+ port
—10 Gbps
•
5G/2.5G/1000/100BASE-T
autosensing port + SFP+ port
—5
Gbps
•
10/100/1000BASE-T autosensing port
+ SFP+ port
—1 Gbps