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Planning the cabling scheme for a 5120 SI IRF fabric
HP recommends that you use Gigabit SFP ports and HP A3600 Switch SFP Stacking Kit cables for IRF
connection.
Figure 84
shows two IRF connection schemes and uses Gigabit SFP ports and HP A3600 Switch SFP
Stacking Kit cables for IRF connection. All these schemes use a ring topology.
Figure 85 sh
ows the IRF fabric topology.
Figure 84 Connect the IRF member switches
Figure 85 IRF fabric topology
1 2
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Configuring basic IRF settings
After you install the IRF member switches, power on the switches, and log in to each IRF member switch
(see the fundamentals configuration guide for your switch) to configure their member IDs, member
priorities, and IRF port bindings.
Follow these guidelines when you configure the neighboring switches:
• Assign the master switch higher member priority than any other switch.
• Bind physical ports to IRF port 1 on one switch and to IRF port 2 on the other switch.