NEC QX-S6648XP-6Q Installation Manual page 63

Installation Guide
QX-S6600 Series Ethernet Switches
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II. 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 5-6 shows an example for connecting four top of rack IRF member switches by
using QSFP+ cables, and QSFP+ transceiver modules, and optical fibers. The topology is
the same as Figure 5-5.
Connecting the switches in one rack
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IRF-port1
IRF-port2
IRF-port1
IRF-port2
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IRF fabric topology
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IRF-port2
IRF-port2
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5 Setting up an IRF fabric
IRF-port1