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Figure 4-3 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.
shows the physical ports that can be used for IRF connection and the port use restrictions.
Table 4-1 Candidate physical IRF ports and their use restrictions
Chassis
Candidate physical IRF ports
Use restrictions
S6520X-30QC-EI
S6520X-30QC-HI
•
24 × SFP+ ports on the front panel
•
2 × QSFP+ ports on the front panel
•
The following ports provided on the
expansion cards:
{
5G/2.5G/1000BASE-T
autosensing Ethernet ports
{
10G/5G/2.5G/1000BASE-T
autosensing Ethernet ports
{
SFP+ ports
{
QSFP+ ports
•
Physical ports on interface cards
and the front panel can be bound to
the same IRF port.
•
All physical ports to be bound to an
IRF port must have the same data
rate.
•
To connect a
10G/5G/2.5G/1000BASE-T
autosensing Ethernet port and a
5G/2.5G/1000BASE-T
autosensing Ethernet port for an
IRF connection, the
10G/5G/2.5G/1000BASE-T
autosensing Ethernet port must
operate at 5 Gbps.
•
A QSFP+ port that is split into four
virtual SFP+ ports cannot be used
as a physical IRF port.
•
A QSFP28 port that is split into four
virtual SFP28 ports cannot be used
as a physical IRF port.
S6520X-54QC-EI
S6520X-54QC-HI
•
48 × SFP+ ports on the front panel
•
2 × QSFP+ ports on the front panel
•
The following ports provided on the
expansion cards:
{
5G/2.5G/1000BASE-T
autosensing Ethernet ports
{
10G/5G/2.5G/1000BASE-T
autosensing Ethernet ports
{
SFP+ ports
{
QSFP+ ports