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 
•  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
 
 
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