Setting Up An Irf Fabric; Irf Fabric Setup Flowchart - NEC QX-S6648XP-6Q Installation Manual

Installation Guide
QX-S6600 Series Ethernet Switches

5 Setting up an IRF fabric

You can use IRF technology to connect and virtualize QX-S6600 Series Ethernet Switches
into a large virtual switch called an "IRF fabric" for flattened network topology, and high
availability, scalability, and manageability.
To set up IRF links between two switches, use SFP+ ports, or QSFP+ ports.

IRF fabric setup flowchart

IRF fabric setup flowchart
Start
Plan IRF fabric setup
Install IRF member switches
Connect the grounding cable
and power cords
Power on the switches
Configure basic IRF settings
Connect the physical IRF ports
Standby switches reboot and the
IRF fabric is automatically
established
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5 Setting up an IRF fabric