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Drawing a Plan for an IRF with Switches
Before implementing an IRF of switches, draw a plan according to actual conditions of the user network and network devices and take the following points into consideration:
Determine the number of IRF members and the bandwidth
You can determine the number of IRF members and the bandwidth according to the network scale.
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The Switch 4210G support two to four switches in a stack.
The Switch 4210G support aggregation of the 10 GE ports. You can assign the two 10 GE ports of an interface module to an aggregation group to expand the bandwidth for the stack.
10 GE ports of different interface modules cannot join the same aggregation group in the IRF. Therefore,
Select the proper interface modules and cables
You can select the interface modules and cables according to the distance between devices in the IRF. For
