Setting Up An Irf Fabric; Irf Fabric Setup Flowchart - HPE FlexFabric 5950 Series Installation Manual

Setting up an IRF fabric

You can use Hewlett Packard Enterprise IRF technology to connect and virtualize multiple 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 34 IRF fabric setup flowchart
To set up an IRF fabric:
Step
1.
Plan IRF fabric setup.
2.
Install IRF member
Description
Plan the installation site and IRF fabric setup parameters:
Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site
Identifying the master switch and planning IRF member IDs
Planning IRF topology and connections
Identifying physical IRF ports on the member switches
Planning the cabling scheme
See "Installing the switch in a 19-inch
27
rack".