H3C Technologies H3C SecPath F5020 - Manual (Page 10)

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IRF overview
H3C Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology combines multiple physical devices into one virtual
system to provide data center class availability and scalability.
Feature and hardware compatibility
The following matrix shows the support of the devices for IRF:
Hardware IRF compatibility Device type
F5020/F5040 Yes Centralized IRF device
M9006/M9010/M9014 Yes Distributed device
VFW1000 No Centralized device
IRF application scenario
Figure 1 shows an IRF fabric that has two devices, which appear as a single node to the upper-layer and
lower-layer devices.
Figure 1 IRF application scenario