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Setting up an IRF fabric
You can use HP IRF technology to connect and virtualize 7500 switches into a large virtual switch called
an "IRF fabric" for flattened network topology, high availability, scalability, and manageability. For more
information about IRF, see HP 7500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
IRF fabric setup flowchart
Figure 36 IRF fabric setup flowchart
NOTE:
For the actual procedure, see
HP 7500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide
for the software release you
are using.
Planning IRF fabric setup
This section describes issues that an IRF fabric setup plan must cover.
Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site
Plan IRF fabric size and the installation site, as follows:
1. Use HP 7500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide as a reference to identify the number of
member switches that your system software version supports for a 7500 IRF fabric.
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