Other Configuration Guidelines; Setup And Configuration Task List - HP 5900 Series Configuration Manual

If LACP MAD, ARP MAD, or ND MAD runs between two IRF fabrics, assign each fabric a unique
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IRF domain ID. For BFD MAD, this task is optional.
To exclude a port from the shutdown action that is executed when an IRF fabric transits to the
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Recovery state, use the mad exclude interface command. To bring up a port after the IRF fabric
transits to the Recovery state, you must use the mad restore command to activate the entire IRF fabric,
rather than using the undo shutdown command.

Other configuration guidelines

If a subordinate device uses the same next-startup configuration file name as the master device, the
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file might be overwritten depending on your configuration file management settings. To continue to
use the configuration file after removing the switch from the IRF fabric, back up the file before setting
up the IRF fabric.
If two IRF fabrics have the same bridge MAC address, they cannot merge.
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Assign each member a unique IRF member ID to make sure that they can merge. You must reboot
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the members to validate the IRF member ID settings.
Assign the highest member priority to the device you want to use as the master.
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• Assign the IRF fabric a unique IRF domain ID in a multi-IRF network.
Save any configuration you have made to the startup configuration file before you reboot the IRF
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member devices.

Setup and configuration task list

HP recommends the basic IRF setup procedure in
member device. After the IRF fabric is set up, you can access the IRF fabric to manage its member devices
as if they were one device.
Figure 9 Basic IRF setup flow chart
HP recommends the following IRF fabric setup and configuration procedure:
Setup and configuration procedure
1. (Required.)
2. (Required.)
3. (Required.)
4. (Required.)
Planning the IRF fabric setup
Assigning a member ID to each IRF member device
Specifying a priority for each member device
Connecting physical IRF ports
Figure 9. Perform the tasks in this figure on each
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Remarks
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Perform this task on each member
device.
Perform this task on each member
device.
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