H3C Technologies H3C S3600V2 Series Switches - Manual (Page 37)

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Setting up an IRF fabric
You can use H3C Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology to connect and virtualize S3600V2
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
• Planning IRF fabric setup
• Configuring basic IRF settings
• Connecting the physical IRF ports
• Accessing the IRF fabric to verify the configuration
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
End