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Setting up an IRF fabric
You can use HP IRF technology to connect and virtualize the switches into a virtual switch called an
"IRF fabric" or "IRF virtual device" for flattened network topology, and high availability, scalability,
and manageability.
IRF fabric setup flowchart
Figure 40 IRF fabric setup flowchart
To set up an IRF fabric:
Start
Plan IRF fabric setup
Install IRF member switches
Connect the grounding cable
and power cords
Power on the switches
Configure basic IRF settings
Connect the physical IRF ports
Slave switches reboot and the
IRF fabric is automatically
established
End