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Configuring basic irf settings – H3C Technologies H3C S5830 Series Switches User Manual

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Figure 50 Connecting the switches in one rack (Method 2)

Figure 51 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 top of rack (ToR) solution.

Figure 52

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 51

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Figure 52 Connecting top of rack switches

Configuring basic IRF settings

After you install the IRF member switches, power on the switches, and log in to each IRF member switch

(see H3C S5830 Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guide) to configure their member IDs,

member priorities, and IRF port bindings.
Follow these guidelines when you configure the 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. You perform IRF

port binding before or after connecting IRF physical ports depending on the software release.

To bind the ports on an interface card to an IRF port, you must install the interface card first. For how

to install an interface card, see H3C LSPM2SP2P Interface Card User Manual.

Execute the display irf configuration command to verify the basic IRF settings.

For more information about configuring basic IRF settings, see H3C S5830 Switch Series IRF

Configuration Guide.

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