Fabric-Port Enable - H3C s3600 series Command Manual

fabric-port enable

Syntax
fabric-port interface-type interface-number enable
undo fabric-port interface-type interface-number enable
View
System view
Parameters
interface-type interface-number: Type and port number of a fabric port. On an S3600 series Ethernet
switch, only four GigabitEthernet ports can be configured as fabric ports: GigabitEthernet 1/1/1,
GigabitEthernet 1/1/2, GigabitEthernet 1/1/3, and GigabitEthernet 1/1/4.
Description
Use the fabric-port enable command to configure a specified port as a fabric port.
Use the undo fabric-port enable command to disable the fabric port function for a port. When the last
fabric port on a switch is disabled, the fabric function is disabled globally.
The four ports on an S3600 series Ethernet switch fall into two groups according to their port numbers:
GigabitEthernet 1/1/1 and GigabitEthernet 1/1/2 form the first group.
GigabitEthernet 1/1/3 and GigabitEthernet 1/1/4 form the second group.
Only one group of ports can be configured as fabric ports at a time. Given a group, either
GigabitEthernet 1/1/1 or GigabitEthernet 1/1/3 can be configured as the left fabric port, and either
GigabitEthernet 1/1/2 or GigabitEthernet 1/1/4 can be configured as the right fabric port.
Establishing an IRF system requires a high consistency of the configuration of each device. Hence,
before you bring up the fabric port, do not perform any configuration for the port, and do not enable
some functions that affect the IRF (such as TACACS and VLAN-VPN) for other ports or globally.
Otherwise, you cannot bring up the fabric port. For detailed restrictions, refer to the error
information output by devices.
When you have brought up fabric port function for a fabric port group, if you need to change the
fabric port group, you must disable the fabric function of the current fabric port group before you
execute the enable command on another group. Otherwise, the system will prompt that the current
fabric port group is in use, you cannot change the fabric port group.
Examples
# Set GigabitEthernet 1/1/3 port as a fabric port.
<Sysname> system-view
System View: return to User View with Ctrl+Z.
[Sysname] fabric-port GigabitEthernet1/1/3 enable
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