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Setting up an IRF fabric
You can use H3C Intelligent Resilient Framework (IRF) technology to connect and virtualize S5500-HI
switches into a virtual switch called an "IRF fabric" or "IRF virtual device" for flattened network topology,
and high availability, scalability, and manageability.
Table 5
Model matrix for forming an IRF fabric
Model
S5500-34
C-HI
S5500-52
SC-HI
S5500-34
F-HI
S5500-34
C-PWR-HI
S5500-58
C-PWR-HI
S5500-28
SC-HI
S5500-5
2SC-HI
S5500-34
C-HI
Yes Yes Yes Yes
Yes No No
S5500-58
C-HI
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
S5500-34
F-HI
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
S5500-34
C-PWR-HI
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
S5500-58
C-PWR-HI
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
S5500-28
SC-HI
No No No No No Yes Yes
S5500-52
SC-HI
No No No No No Yes Yes
IMPORTANT:
To set up IRF connection between S5500-HI switches, you must use 10-Gigabit ports.