Table Of Contents - HP 7500 series Configuration Manual

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IRF overview ································································································································································· 1
Hardware compatibility ···················································································································································· 1
Chassis compatibility ··············································································································································· 1
Card compatibility ···················································································································································· 1
Hardware compatibility for a three-/four-chassis IRF fabric ················································································ 1
IRF benefits ········································································································································································· 1
Application scenario ························································································································································· 2
Basic concepts ··································································································································································· 2
Operating mode ······················································································································································· 4
IRF member roles ······················································································································································ 4
IRF member ID ··························································································································································· 5
MPU roles ·································································································································································· 5
IRF port ······································································································································································ 5
Physical IRF port ······················································································································································· 5
IRF domain ID ··························································································································································· 5
IRF split ······································································································································································ 6
IRF merge ·································································································································································· 6
Member priority ························································································································································ 7
Master election ·································································································································································· 7
IRF multi-active detection ·················································································································································· 7
Multi-active handling procedure ····························································································································· 7
LACP MAD ································································································································································ 8
BFD MAD ·································································································································································· 9
Configuring IRF ··························································································································································· 11
General restrictions and configuration guidelines ······································································································ 11
Software requirements ·········································································································································· 11
MPU and IRF physical port restrictions ················································································································ 11
IRF link redundancy ··············································································································································· 11
MAD ······································································································································································· 11
FIPS mode requirement ········································································································································· 12
Feature compatibility ············································································································································· 12
Other configuration guidelines ···························································································································· 12
Setup and configuration task list ·································································································································· 12
Planning the IRF fabric setup ········································································································································· 13
Preconfiguring IRF member switches in standalone mode ························································································· 13
Assigning a member ID to each IRF member switch ························································································· 14
Specifying a priority for each member switch ··································································································· 14
Binding physical ports to IRF ports ······················································································································ 14
Saving configuration to the next-startup configuration file ························································································ 15
Connecting physical IRF ports ······································································································································· 16
Setting the operating mode to IRF mode ····················································································································· 17
Accessing the IRF fabric ················································································································································ 18
Accessing the global active MPU of the IRF fabric ···························································································· 18
Accessing a standby MPU in the IRF fabric ········································································································ 18
Configuring IRF member switches in IRF mode ··········································································································· 19
Assigning an IRF domain ID to the IRF fabric ····································································································· 19
Changing the member ID of a switch ················································································································· 19
Changing the priority of a member switch ········································································································· 20
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