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Re: IRF as Failover?

 
hpnut
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IRF as Failover?

What is the main reason why one would configure IRF for switches? Is it for Failover like many people think? Please advise. Thanks.

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Vince-Whirlwind
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Re: IRF as Failover?

It's for resiliency and efficiency.
If you daisy-chain switches, you have multiple configs to manage as well as a STP topology to manage.

With an IRF stack you have turned your multiple physical switches into a single switch for management purposes, including you now have just the one device for STP.

If Layer3 functionality is required, IRFing the switches is even better.