Configuring Irf Ports - H3C S5120-EI Series Configuration Manual

Configuring IRF ports

IRF ports are logical ports. To use the IRF function on a switch, you must bind its IRF ports with physical
IRF ports and activate the IRF configuration on the switch.
Follow these steps to configure IRF ports:
To do...
Enter system view
Enter physical IRF port view
Shut down the port
Return to system view
Create an IRF port and enter IRF
port view
Bind the physical IRF port to the
IRF port
Return to system view
Enter physical IRF port view
Bring up the port
Return to system view
Save the current configuration
Activate configurations on all IRF
ports on the switch
Use the command...
system-view
interface interface-type
interface-number
shutdown
quit
irf-port member-id/port-number
port group interface interface-type
interface-number [ mode { enhanced |
normal } ]
quit
interface interface-type
interface-number
undo shutdown
quit
save
irf-port-configuration active
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Remarks
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Required
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Required
By default, an IRF port is not
bound with any physical IRF
port.
The enhanced keyword is not
available.
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Required
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Required
Optional
After you connect the cables and
bind physical IRF port(s) to an IRF
port whose link state is DIS or
DOWN, which you can display
with the display irf topology
command, this step is required to
establish the IRF fabric.