Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site
Choose switch models and identify the number of required IRF member switches, depending on the user density and upstream bandwidth requirements. The switching capacity of an IRF fabric equals the total switching capacities of all member switches.
An HPE FlexNetwork 5130 IRF fabric can have a maximum of 9 switches.
Plan the installation site depending on your network solution, as follows:
Place all IRF member switches in one rack for centralized high-density access.
Distribute the IRF member switches in different racks to implement the ToR access solution for a data center.