Identifying Physical Irf Ports On The Member Switches; Planning The Cabling Scheme - H3C S5830 Series Installation Manual

Figure 48 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.
Table 6 shows the physical ports that can be used for IRF connection.
Table 6 Physical IRF port requirements
Switch chassis
S5830-52SC
S5830-106S

Planning the cabling scheme

Use SFP+ cables or SFP+ transceivers and fibers to connect the IRF member switches. If the IRF member
switches are far away from one another, choose the SFP+ transceiver modules with optical fibers. If the
IRF member switches are all in one equipment room, choose SFP+ cables.
Table 7 lists the SFP+ transceivers and SFP+ cables available for IRF connections.
Table 7 SFP+ transceiver modules and SFP+ cables available for IRF connections
Transceiver/cable
10 GE SFP+ transceivers
SFP-XG-SX-MM850-A
Candidate physical IRF ports
•
2 fixed SFP+ ports on the front panel
•
2 SFP+ ports on the 10 GE SFP+ expansion interface card at the rear panel
NOTE:
You must purchase the expansion interface card separately.
10 fixed SFP+ ports on the front panel
Central
Connector
wavelength
850 nm LC
37
Cable Max transmission distance
50/125 μm
multi-mode 300 m (984.3 ft)
optical fiber