Planning Irf Fabric Setup; Planning Irf Fabric Size And The Installation Site - HP FlexFabric 12900 series Installation Manual

Step
1. Plan IRF fabric setup.
Install IRF member
2.
switches.
3. Power on the switches.
4. Configure basic IRF
settings on each switch
in standalone mode.
5. Connect the physical
IRF ports.
6. Enable IRF mode.
7. Verify the IRF settings.
8. Configure other
settings in IRF mode.

Planning IRF fabric setup

This section describes issues that an IRF fabric setup plan must cover.

Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site

Plan IRF fabric size and the installation site, as follows:
1. Use HP FlexFabric 12900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide as a reference to identify the
number of member switches that your system software version supports for an HP FlexFabric
12900 IRF fabric.
2. Choose HP FlexFabric 12900 switch models for your network.
An HP FlexFabric 12900 IRF fabric supports up to four member switches.
3. Select LPUs that can provide 10-GE/40-GE ports.
The HP FlexFabric 12900 switch series requires 10-GE/40-GE ports for IRF connection. For more
information about the LPUs, see
4. Select SFP+/QSFP+ transceiver modules and fibers for long-haul IRF connection. Select
SFP+/QSFP+/QSFP+ to SFP+ cables for short-haul IRF connection.
For more information about transceiver modules and cables, see
compatibility
5. Plan the installation site.
Description
Plan the installation site and IRF fabric setup parameters:
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Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site
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Identifying the master switch and planning IRF member IDs
•
Planning IRF topology and connections
•
Identifying physical IRF ports on the member switches
See "Installing IRF member
N/A
See HP FlexFabric 12900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
Connect physical IRF ports on switches.
See HP FlexFabric 12900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
Log in to the IRF fabric at any member switch and verify that you can configure
all member switches as if they were one node.
See HP FlexFabric 12900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
"Appendix B FRUs and compatibility
matrixes."
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"Appendix B FRUs and