Connecting The Physical Irf Ports; Verifying The Irf Fabric Configuration - HP A5820X Series Installation Manual

Connecting the physical IRF ports

Use SFP+ cables or SFP+ transceiver modules and fibers to connect the IRF member switches as planned.
NOTE:
Wear an ESD-preventive wrist strap when you connect SFP+ cables or SFP+ transceiver modules and
fibers. For how to connect them, see

Verifying the IRF fabric configuration

After you finish configuring basic IRF settings and connecting IRF ports, verify the basic functionality of
the IRF fabric:
Log in to the IRF fabric through the console port of any member switch.
1.
Create a Layer 3 interface, assign it an IP address, and make sure that the IRF fabric and the
2.
remote network management station can reach each other.
Use Telnet, web, or SNMP to access the IRF fabric from the network management station. (See HP
3.
A5820X & A5800 Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guide.)
Check that you can manage all member switches as if they were one node.
4.
Display the running status of the IRF fabric by using the commands in
5.
Table 13 Displaying and maintain IRF configuration and running status
To do ...
Display information about the IRF fabric
Display all members' configurations that take
effect after switch reboots
Display topology information about the IRF
fabric
NOTE:
To avoid IP address collision and network problems, configure at least one multi-active detection (MAD)
mechanism to detect the presence of multiple identical IRF fabrics and handle collisions. For more
information about MAD detection, see
SFP/SFP+/XFP Transceiver Modules Installation Guide
Use the command...
display irf
display irf configuration
display irf topology
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