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Setting up an IRF fabric
You can use HP IRF technology to connect and virtualize switches into a virtual switch called an ―IRF
fabric‖ or ―IRF virtual device‖ for flattened network topology, and high availability, scalability, and
manageability.
NOTE:
You can set up a heterogeneous IRF fabric that has both A5800 and A5820X switches or a
homogeneous IRF fabric that has only A5800 or A5820X switches.
IRF fabric setup flowchart
Figure 63 IRF fabric setup flowchart
To set up an IRF fabric: