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Connecting the IRF member switches in one rack
Use short-haul and long-haul SFP+ cables to connect the IRF member switches (four switches in this
example) in a rack as shown in
Figure 43
. The switches in the ring topology (see
Figure 44
) are in the
same order as connected in the rack.
Figure 43
Connecting the switches in one rack
Figure 44
IRF fabric topology
Connecting the IRF member switches in a ToR solution
You can install IRF member switches in different racks side by side to deploy a ToR solution.
Figure 45
shows an example for connecting four top of rack IRF member switches by using SFP+ transceiver
modules and optical fibers. The topology is the same as
Figure 44
.
Figure 45
Connecting top of rack switches
