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

Step
11. Save the running
configuration.
12. Activate the configuration
on the IRF port.

Enabling enhanced IRF mode in IRF mode

You can enable enhanced IRF mode in both standalone and IRF modes. To enable enhanced IRF
mode in IRF mode, you should follow these guidelines:
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 any member device, because the mdc mdc-name [ id mdc-id ]
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command is mutually exclusive with the irf mode enhanced command.
If no Layer 3 (route mode) Ethernet interfaces exist, you can enable enhanced IRF mode
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directly. If Layer 3 Ethernet interfaces exist, you must first change them to Layer 2 (bridge
mode) Ethernet interfaces at the prompt. For more information about Layer 3 Ethernet
interfaces, see Interface Configuration Guide.
Use the save command to save the configuration after you enable the enhanced IRF mode.
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To successfully disable enhanced IRF mode with the undo irf mode enhanced command after
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you enable it in IRF mode, make sure that the IRF fabric has no more than two member
devices and each member device has only one IRF port to which one or more physical ports
are bound.
To successfully merge IRF fabrics, make sure the enhanced IRF mode is enabled or disabled on
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each member device. IRF fabrics that use different enhanced IRF mode settings cannot merge
into one IRF fabric.
To merge IRF fabrics operating in enhanced IRF mode, you must manually reboot at least the
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(M-1) member devices to complete the IRF merge. (The letter "M" represents the total number
of member devices in all IRF fabrics.)
To enable enhanced IRF mode in IRF mode:
Step
1. Enter system view.
Command
save [ safely ] [ force ]
irf-port-configuration active
and Figure 12.
Figure 20.
Command
system-view
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Remarks
To avoid configuration loss,
save the running configuration
to the main next startup
configuration file before
activating the IRF port
configuration.
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