You connect the IRF member switches through IRF ports, the logical interfaces for the connections
between IRF member switches. Each IRF member switch has two IRF ports: IRF-port 1 and IRF-port
2. To use an IRF port, you must bind a minimum of one physical port to it.
When connecting two neighboring IRF member switches, you must connect the physical ports of
IRF-port 1 on one switch to the physical ports of IRF-port 2 on the other switch.
The IRF port connections in the two figures are for illustration only, and more connection methods
are available.
Figure 31 IRF fabric in daisy chain topology
1
2
3
IRF-port1
1
Figure 32 IRF fabric in ring topology
1
2
3
IRF-port2
IRF-port1
IRF-port2
IRF-port1
2
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IRF-port1
IRF-port2
2
IRF-port2
1
IRF-port1
IRF-port2
3
3