H3C S5560S-SI Series - Setting up an IRF fabric

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Setting up an IRF fabric
IMPORTANT:
The
LS-5008PV5-EI and LS-5008PV5-EI-HPWR switches do not support IRF, so t
his section is not
applicable to the LS-5008PV5-EI and LS-5008PV5-EI-HPWR switches.
You can use H3C IRF technology to connect and virtualize multiple switches into a large virtual
switch called an "IRF fabric" for flattened network topology, and high availability, scalability, and
manageability.
For the S5500V3-EI switch series and S3100V3-SI switch series, you can only use the switches in
the same group to set up an IRF fabric. For the other switch series, you can set up an IRF fabric with
switches from the same switch series.
Table 14 Groups of the S5500V3-EI switch series and S3100V3-SI switch series
Group Switch model
Group 1
S5500V3-24P-SI
S5500V3-48P-SI
Group 2
S5500V3-28S-SI
S5500V3-28PS-SI
S5500V3-54S-SI
S5500V3-54PS-SI
S5500V3-36F-SI
S5500V3-28S-DP-SI
S5500V3-54S-DP-SI
S5500V3-36F-DP-SI
S5500V3-54F-DP-SI
Group 3
S3100V3-28TP-SI switch with product code LS-3100V3-28TP-SI-H1
S3100V3-52TP-SI switch with product code LS-3100V3-52TP-SI-H1
S3100V3-20TP-PWR-SI switch with product code
LS-3100V3-20TP-PWR-SI-H1
S3100V3-18TP-SI switch with product code LS-3100V3-18TP-SI-H1
Group 4
S3100V3-28TP-SI switch with product code LS-3100V3-28TP-SI
S3100V3-10TP-SI switch
S3100V3-18TP-SI switch with product code LS-3100V3-18TP-SI
S3100V3-52TP-SI switch with product code LS-3100V3-52TP-SI
S3100V3-10TP-PWR-SI switch
S3100V3-20TP-PWR-SI switch with product code LS-3100V3-20TP-PWR-SI
S3100V3-28TP-PWR-SI switch