Setting Up An Irf Fabric; Irf Fabric Setup Flowchart - HP 5120 EI Series Installation Manual

Setting up an IRF fabric

You can use HP Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology to connect and virtualize 5120 EI switches
or 5120 SI switches into a virtual switch called an "IRF fabric" or "IRF virtual device" for flattened network
topology, and high availability, scalability, and manageability.
NOTE:
IRF is not available on the 5120-24G EI or 5120-48G EI switch. The "5120 EI switches" in this document
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does not include those two switch models.
An IRF fabric cannot have both 5120 EI and 5120 SI switches.
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IRF fabric setup flowchart

Figure 76 IRF fabric setup flowchart
Plan IRF fabric setup
Install IRF member switches
Connect grounding cables and
power cords
Power on the switches
Install interface cards
(only on A5120 EI)
Configure basic IRF settings
Connect the physical IRF ports
Switches elected as slaves
reboot and the IRF fabric is
established automaticlly
To set up an IRF fabric:
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