Setting Up An Irf Fabric; Irf Fabric Setup Flowchart - HP FlexFabric 12900 series Installation Manual

Setting up an IRF fabric

You can use HP IRF technology to connect and virtualize HP FlexFabric 12900 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 HP FlexFabric 12900 Switch Series IRF Configuration
Guide.

IRF fabric setup flowchart

The setup flow is shown in
IRF Configuration Guide for the software release you are using.
Figure 26 IRF fabric setup flowchart
To set up an IRF fabric:
Figure 26. For the actual procedure, see HP FlexFabric 12900 Switch Series
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