45
Figure 58
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.
To set up IRF connection, you can use the two SFP+ ports on the front panel and the 10-Gigabit ports on
the expansion interface card.
For more information about interface cards, see "
Appendix B FRUs and
compatibility matrixes
."
Table 6
shows the physical ports that can be used for IRF connection for different switch models.
Table 6
Physical IRF port requirements for different switch models
Switch model
Requirements
S5500-34C-HI
S5500-34F-HI
S5500-34C-PWR-HI
S5500-28SC-HI
The two SFP+ ports on the front panel and 10-Gigabit ports on the expansion
interface card can be bound to any IRF port.
S5500-58C-HI
S5500-58C-PWR-HI
•
Physical ports on the same interface card can only be bound to the same IRF
port.
•
SFP+ port numbered 53 on the front panel can only be bound to the same IRF
port as physical ports on the interface card in slot 2.
•
SFP+ port numbered 54 on the front panel can only be bound to the same IRF
port as physical ports on the interface card in slot 1.
S5500-52SC-HI
•
The SFP+ ports (numbered 51 and 52) on the front panel must be bound to
different IRF ports. For example, if you bind SFP+ port 51 to IRF port 1, you
must bind SFP+ port 52 to IRF port 2.
•
If a two-port interface card is used, you can bind port 1 on the card and SFP+
port 51 into one aggregate IRF link, and port 2 on the card and SFP+ port 52
into the other aggregate IRF link.
•
If a one-port interface card is used, you can bind the port on the card and
SFP+ port 51 into one aggregate IRF link.