Configuring Basic Irf Settings; Connecting The Physical Irf Ports; Verifying The Irf Fabric Setup - HP 5130 EI Switch Series Installation Manual

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Configuring basic IRF settings

After you install the IRF member switches, power on the switches, and log in to each IRF member switch
(see HP 5130 EI Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guide) to configure their member IDs,
member priorities, and IRF port bindings.
Follow these guidelines when you configure the switches:
Assign the master switch higher member priority than any other switch.
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Bind physical ports to IRF port 1 on one switch and to IRF port 2 on the other switch. You perform
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IRF port binding before or after connecting IRF physical ports depending on the software release.
Execute the display irf configuration command to verify the basic IRF settings.
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For more information about configuring basic IRF settings, see HP 5130 EI Switch Series IRF Configuration
Guide.

Connecting the physical IRF ports

Use twisted pair cables, SFP+ DAC cables, or SFP+ transceiver modules and fibers to connect the IRF
member switches as planned.
Wear an ESD wrist strap when you connect twisted pair cables, SFP+ DAC cables, or SFP+ transceiver
modules and fibers. For how to connect them, see SFP/SFP+/XFP Transceiver Modules Installation
Guide.

Verifying the IRF fabric setup

To verify the basic functionality of the IRF fabric after you finish configuring basic IRF settings and
connecting IRF ports:
1. Log in to the IRF fabric through the console port of any member switch.
2. Create a Layer 3 interface, assign it an IP address, and make sure the IRF fabric and the remote
network management station can reach each other.
3. Use Telnet or SNMP to access the IRF fabric from the network management station. (See HP 5130
EI Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guide.)
4. Verify that you can manage all member switches as if they were one node.
5. Display the running status of the IRF fabric by using the commands in
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