H3C S6300 Installation Manual

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28All ports on the front panel of the S6300 switch can be used for IRF connections.Follow these guidelines when you identify 1/10-GE Ethernet ports and SFP+ ports to be used for IRFconnections:• On an S6300-42QF, S6300-52QF, or S6300-48S switch, the SFP+ ports are grouped by portnumber in ascending order, starting from one. Every four SFP+ ports form one group.• On an S6300-42QT switch, the 1/10-GE Ethernet ports and SFP+ ports are grouped by portnumber in ascending order, starting from 1 for 1/10-GE Ethernet ports and 33 for SFP+ ports,respectively. Every four ports form one group.• A port can be bound to an IRF port or operate as a service port. When a port is bound to an IRFport, other ports in the same port group cannot be used as service ports, and vice versa.A common practice is to use one 1/10-GE Ethernet port/SFP+ port group for IRF connections, andbind every two ports in the group to an IRF port for increased bandwidth and availability.Planning the cabling schemeFollow these guidelines when you use cables to connect switches:• S6300-42QF/S6300-52QF switches—Use SFP+/QSFP+ cables or SFP+/QSFP+ transceivermodules and fibers.• S6300-42QT switches—Use category-6A or above twisted pair cables, SFP+/QSFP+ cables,or SFP+/QSFP+ transceiver modules and fibers.• S6300-48S switches—Use SFP+ cables or SFP+ transceiver modules and fibers.If the IRF member switches are far away from one another, choose the SFP+/QSFP+ transceivermodules with optical fibers. If the IRF member switches are all in one equipment room, choosecategory-6A or above twisted pair/SFP+/QSFP+ cables. For more information about availableSFP+/QSFP+ cables and transceiver modules, see "SFP+ port" and "QSFP+ port."The following subsections describe several H3C recommended IRF connection schemes, and allthese schemes use a ring topology.Connecting the IRF member switches in one rackUse short-haul and long-haul SFP+ cables to connect the IRF member switches (four switches inthis example) in a rack as shown in Figure 33. The switches in the ring topology (see Figure 34) arein the same order as connected in the rack.