Planning Irf Fabric Setup; Planning Irf Fabric Size And The Installation Site; Identifying The Master Switch And Planning Irf Member Ids - HP 3600 v2 Series Installation Manual

Follow these steps to set up an IRF fabric:
Step
1. Plan IRF fabric setup
2. Install
switches
3. Connect ground wires
and power cords
4. Power on the switches
5. Configure
settings
6. Connect the physical IRF
ports

Planning IRF fabric setup

Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site

Choose 3600 v2 switch models and identify the number of required IRF member switches, depending on
the user density and upstream bandwidth requirements. The switching capacity of an IRF fabric equals
the total switching capacities of all member switches.
Plan the installation site depending on your network solution, as follows:
• Place all IRF member switches in one rack for centralized high-density access.
Distribute the IRF member switches in different racks for dispersed access.
•
NOTE:
An IRF fabric can have up to nine 3600 v2 switches. As your business grows, you can plug an 3600 v2
switch into an IRF fabric to increase the switching capacity without any topology change or replacement.

Identifying the master switch and planning IRF member IDs

Determine which switch you want to use as the master for managing all member switches in the IRF fabric.
An IRF fabric has only one master switch. You configure and manage all member switches in the IRF
fabric at the command line interface of the master switch.
Description
Plan the installation site and IRF fabric setup parameters. Complete the
following tasks:
•
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
IRF member
See "Installing the switch in a 19-inch
workbench."
See "Grounding the
N/A
basic IRF
For more information about IRF, see the HP 3600 v2 Switch Series IRF
Configuration Guide.
Connect physical IRF ports on switches. Use Ethernet cables, SFP transceiver
modules, and fibers to connect ports over a long distance, or use SFP IRF
modules to connect ports over a short distance.
All switches except the master switch automatically reboot, and the IRF fabric
is established.
rack" or
switch" and "Connecting the power
31
"Mounting the switch on a
cord."