Setting Up An Irf Fabric; Irf Fabric Setup Flowchart - HP 3600 v2 Series Installation Manual

Setting up an IRF fabric

You can use HP Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology to connect and virtualize 3600 v2
switches into a virtual switch called an "IRF fabric" or "IRF virtual device" for flattened network topology,
and high availability, scalability, and manageability.
This chapter includes these sections:

IRF fabric setup flowchart

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Planning IRF fabric setup
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Configuring basic IRF settings
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• Connecting the physical IRF ports
Accessing the IRF fabric to verify the configuration
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IRF fabric setup flowchart
Figure 36 IRF fabric setup flowchart
Start
Plan IRF fabric setup
Install IRF member switches
Connect ground wires and
power cords
Power on the switches
Configure basic IRF settings
Connect the physical IRF ports
Switches elected as slaves
reboot and the IRF fabric is
established automatically
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