Planning The Irf Fabric Setup - HP 5900 Series Configuration Manual

Setup and configuration procedure
5. (Required.)
6. (Required.)
7. (Optional.)
8. (Optional.)
Configuring the global load sharing mode
Configuring a port-specific load sharing mode
9. (Optional.)
10. (Optional.)
synchronization
11. (Optional.)
12. (Required.)
Configuring LACP MAD
Configuring BFD MAD
Configuring ARP MAD
Configuring ND MAD
Excluding a port from the shutdown action upon detection of
multi-active collision
(Optional.)
13.

Planning the IRF fabric setup

Consider the following items when you plan an IRF fabric:
Hardware compatibility and restrictions
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IRF fabric size
•
Master switch
•
IRF physical ports
•
• Member ID and priority assignment scheme
Fabric topology and cabling scheme
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For more information about hardware and cabling, see the switch installation guide.
Binding physical ports to IRF ports
Accessing the IRF fabric
Configuring a member device description
Configuring IRF link load sharing
Configuring IRF bridge MAC persistence
Enabling software auto-update for software image
Setting the IRF link down report delay
Configuring MAD:
Recovering an IRF fabric
mode:
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Remarks
Perform this task on each member
switch.
When you complete IRF port
binding and activation on all IRF
member devices, the IRF fabric is
formed.
When you log in to the IRF fabric,
you are placed at the master's CLI,
where you complete subsequent
IRF settings and configure other
features for the member devices as
if they were one device.
This task is required for ARP MAD
and LACP MAD.
N/A
N/A
HP recommends enabling
software auto-update to make sure
system software image
synchronization.
N/A
MAD mechanisms are
independent of one another. You
can configure at least one MAD
mechanism for an IRF fabric.
N/A