Accessing The Irf Fabric - HP 5900 Series Configuration Manual

Step
8. Enter interface view or
interface range view.
9. Bring up the port or the
range of ports.
10. Return to system view.
11. Save the configuration.
12. Activate the configuration.

Accessing the IRF fabric

The IRF fabric appears as one device after it is formed. You configure and manage all IRF members at
the CLI of the master. All settings you have made are automatically propagated to the IRF members.
You can access an IRF fabric's CLI in one of the following ways:
Local login—Log in through the console port of any member device.
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Remote login—Log in at a Layer 3 interface on any member device by using methods including
•
Telnet, Web, and SNMP.
When you log in to an IRF fabric, you are placed at the CLI of the master, regardless of at which member
device you are logged in. After that, you can access the CLI of a subordinate device to execute a limited
set of maintenance commands.
Command
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Enter interface range view:
Approach 1:
interface range { interface-type
interface-number [ to
interface-type
interface-number ] } &<1-5>
Approach 2:
interface range name name
[ interface { interface-type
interface-number [ to
interface-type
interface-number ] } &<1-5> ]
•
Enter interface view:
interface interface-type
interface-number
undo shutdown
quit
save
irf-port-configuration active
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Remarks
N/A
N/A
N/A
Activating IRF port
configurations can cause IRF
merge and reboot. To avoid
data loss, save the running
configuration to the startup
configuration file before you
perform the operation.
After this step is performed, the
state of the IRF port changes to
UP, the member devices
automatically elect a master,
and the subordinate device
automatically reboots.
After the IRF fabric is formed,
you can add more physical ports
to an IRF port (in UP state)
without performing this step.