Setting Up An Irf Fabric; Irf Fabric Setup Flowchart - H3C S5560X-HI Series Installation Manual

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Setting up an IRF fabric

You can use H3C IRF technology to connect and virtualize S5560X-HI switches into a large virtual
switch called an "IRF fabric" for flattened network topology, and high availability, scalability, and
manageability.
An S5560X-HI switch can set up an IRF fabric only with switches from the same switch series.

IRF fabric setup flowchart

Figure4-1 IRF fabric setup flowchart
Start
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
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