HP A5120 EI Series Installation Guide

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Figure 45 Cable connections for an IRF fabric with 1-port interface cards
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Planning the cabling scheme for an A5120 SI IRF fabric
HP recommends that you use Gigabit SFP ports and HP A3600 Switch SFP Stacking Kit cables for IRF
connection.
Figure 46 shows two IRF connection schemes, and uses Gigabit SFP ports and HP A3600 Switch SFP
Stacking Kit cables for IRF connection. These schemes use a ring topology.
Figure 46 Connect the IRF member switches
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HP A5120 EI Series Specifications

General

Uplink Ports	4 x SFP
Stacking	No
Management	CLI, Web, SNMP
Routing Protocols	RIP, OSPF
Power Supply	AC
MAC Address Table Size	16K
Dimensions	440 x 430 x 44 mm
Operating Temperature	0°C to 45°C
Operating Humidity	10% to 90% non-condensing
Model	HP A5120-24G EI Switch (JG234A)
VLANs	4094