Setting Up An Irf Fabric; Irf Fabric Setup Flowchart - H3C S5850 Series Instruction Manual

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Setting up an IRF fabric

You can use H3C IRF technology to connect and virtualize S5850 switches into a large virtual switch

called an "IRF fabric" for flattened network topology, and high availability, scalability, and

manageability.

Figure4-1 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

Standby switches reboot and

the IRF fabric is automatically

established

To set up an IRF fabric:

Step

Plan IRF fabric setup

Install IRF member

Start

End

Description

Plan the installation site and IRF fabric setup parameters:

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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

"Installing the switch in a 19-inch

4-1

rack" or

"Mounting the switch on a

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