Setting Up An Irf Fabric; Irf Fabric Setup Flowchart - HP 5920 Series Installation Manual

Setting up an IRF fabric

You can use HP IRF technology to connect and virtualize HP 5920 and 5900 switches into a large virtual
switch called an "IRF fabric" for flattened network topology, and high availability, scalability, and
manageability.
To set up IRF links between HP 5920 and 5900 series switches, use SFP+ ports or QSFP+ ports.

IRF fabric setup flowchart

Figure 37 IRF fabric setup flowchart
Plan IRF fabric setup
Install IRF member switches
Connect the grounding cable
and power cords
Power on the switches
Configure basic IRF settings
Connect the physical IRF ports
Slave switches reboot and the
IRF fabric is automatically
established
To set up an IRF fabric:
Step
1. Plan IRF fabric setup
Start
End
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
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