Setting Up An Irf Fabric; Irf Fabric Setup Flowchart - HP 5130 EI Switch Series Installation Manual

Setting up an IRF fabric

You can use HP IRF technology to connect and virtualize HP 5130 EI switches into a large virtual switch
called an "IRF fabric" for flattened network topology, and high availability, scalability, and
manageability.

IRF fabric setup flowchart

Figure 28 IRF fabric setup flowchart
Plan IRF fabric setup
Install IRF member switches
Connect the grounding cables
and power cords
Power on the switches
Configure basic IRF settings
Connect the physical IRF ports
Subordinate switches reboot
and the IRF fabric is
automatically established
To set up an IRF fabric:
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