28Setting up an IRF fabricYou can use the Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology to connect and virtualize S10500switches into a virtual switch called an “IRF fabric” or “IRF virtual device” for flattened network topology,high availability, scalability, and manageability.This chapter includes these sections:• IRF fabric setup flowchart• Planning IRF fabric setup• Installing IRF member switches• Configuring basic IRF settings• Connecting the physical IRF ports• Accessing the IRF fabric to verify the configurationNOTE:For more information about IRF, see theH3C S10500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.IRF fabric setup flowchartFigure 22 IRF fabric setup flowchartStartPlan IRF fabricsetupInstall IRF memberswitchesPower on the switchesAccess the IRF fabric toverify the configurationEndConfigure IRF basicsettingsConnect the physical IRFportsNOTE:The preferred order between configuring basic IRF settings and connecting IRF physical ports depends onyour software release. For the actual procedure, see theH3C S10500 Switch Series IRF ConfigurationGuide for the software release you are using.
