Setting Up An Irf Fabric - HP FlexFabric 12900E series Installation Manual

Setting up an IRF fabric

You can use HPE IRF technology to connect and virtualize 12900E switches into a large virtual
switch called an "IRF fabric" for flattened network topology, high availability, scalability, and
manageability. For more information about IRF, see HPE 12900E & 12900 Switch Series IRF
Configuration Guide.
IRF fabric setup flowchart
The setup flow is shown in
Series IRF Configuration Guide for the software release you are using.
Figure 38 IRF fabric setup flowchart
To set up an IRF fabric:
Step
Plan IRF fabric setup.
1.
Figure 38. For the actual procedure, see HPE 12900E & 12900 Switch
Description
Plan the installation site and IRF fabric setup parameters:
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Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site
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Identifying the master switch and planning IRF member IDs
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Planning IRF topology and connections
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Identifying physical IRF ports on the member switches
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