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Setting up an IRF fabric
You can use H3C IRF technology to connect and virtualize S7500E switches into a large virtual switch
called an "IRF fabric" for flattened network topology, high availability, scalability, and manageability.
For more information about IRF, see H3C S7500E Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
Prerequisites
You are familiar with IRF.
IRF fabric setup flowchart
The preferred order between configuring basic IRF settings and connecting IRF physical ports depends
on your software release. For the actual procedure, see H3C S7500E Series Ethernet Switches IRF
Configuration Guide for the software release you are using.
Figure 37 IRF fabric setup flowchart
Planning IRF fabric setup
This section describes issues that an IRF fabric setup plan must cover.
Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site
Plan IRF fabric size and the installation site, as follows: