Enabling Enhanced Irf Mode In Standalone Mode - HP 12500 SERIES Configuration Manual

Make sure the IRF physical ports are operating as Layer 2 interfaces. Layer 3 interfaces cannot be
bound to IRF ports. You can set a physical port as a Layer 2 or Layer 3 interface by using the port
link-mode { bridge | route } command (see Layer 2—LAN Switching Configuration Guide).
In standalone mode, binding a physical port to an IRF port does not affect the current
configuration of the port. However, when the operating mode changes to IRF mode, the default
configuration of the physical IRF port restores, and you can only execute the shutdown, description,
flow-control, and flow-interval commands on the physical port. For more information about these
commands, see Interface Command Reference.
To bind physical ports to IRF ports:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter IRF port view.
3. Bind a physical IRF port to
the IRF port.
4. Verify that the physical port
has been bound to the IRF
port.

Enabling enhanced IRF mode in standalone mode

The enhanced IRF mode allows you to create an IRF fabric that has more than two member devices.
You can enable enhanced IRF mode in both standalone and IRF modes.
Follow these guidelines when you configure the enhanced IRF mode in standalone mode:
Each member device must have two MPUs.
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The member devices must be in ring topology and have no relay device in between.
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See Figure 11
Connect every downstream device to each IRF member device and assign these links to one
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link aggregation group. See
Do not create MDCs on the device, because the mdc mdc-name [ id mdc-id ] command is
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mutually exclusive with the irf mode enhanced command. For more information about MDC,
see Fundamentals Configuration Guide.
Use the save command to save the configuration after you enable the enhanced IRF mode.
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Use undo irf mode enhanced to disable enhanced IRF mode.
To successfully merge devices into an IRF fabric, make sure that the enhanced IRF mode is
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enabled or disabled on all of them. Devices that use different enhanced IRF mode settings
cannot form an IRF fabric.
To enable enhanced IRF mode in standalone mode:
Command
system-view
irf-port port-number
port group interface interface-type
interface-number
display irf configuration
and Figure 12.
Figure 20.
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By default, no physical ports
are bound to any IRF port.
Repeat this step to assign up to
12 physical ports to the IRF
port.
HP recommends not creating
MDCs on the device in
standalone mode.
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