Planning Irf Fabric Setup; Planning Irf Fabric Size And The Installation Site; Identifying The Master Switch And Planning Irf Member Ids - H3C S7508E-X Installation Manual

Step
2. Install IRF member
switches
3. Power on the switches
4. Configure basic IRF
settings on each switch
in standalone mode.
5. Enable IRF mode.
6. Verify the IRF settings.
7. Connect the physical
IRF ports
8. Configure other
settings in IRF mode.

Planning IRF fabric setup

This section describes issues that an IRF fabric setup plan must cover.

Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site

Plan IRF fabric size and the installation site, as follows:
1. Use the IRF Configuration Guide as a reference to identify the number of member switches that
your system software version supports for an S7508E-X IRF fabric.
2. Select LPUs that can provide 10-GE/40-GE optical ports.
The S7508E-X switch requires 10-GE/40-GE fiber ports for IRF connection. For more information
about the LPUs, see "Appendix B FRUs and compatibility matrixes."
3. Select XFP/SFP+/QSFP+/CFP transceiver modules and fibers for long-haul IRF connection. Select
SFP+/QSFP+/QSFP+ to SFP+ cables for short-haul IRF connection.
For more information about transceiver modules and cables, see "Appendix B FRUs and
compatibility matrixes."
4. Plan the installation site.

Identifying the master switch and planning IRF member IDs

Determine which switch you want to use as the master for managing all member switches in the IRF
fabric.
An IRF fabric has only one master switch. You configure and manage all member switches in the IRF
fabric at the CLI of the master. IRF member switches will automatically elect a master. You can affect the
election result by assigning a high member priority to the intended master switch. For more information
about master election, see IRF Configuration Guide.
Description
See "Installing IRF member
N/A
See IRF Configuration Guide for the software release you are using.
See IRF Configuration Guide for the software release you are using.
Log in to the IRF fabric at any member switch and verify that you can configure
all member switches as if they were one node.
Connect physical IRF ports on switches. Select XFP/SFP+/QSFP+/CFP
transceiver modules and fibers for long-haul IRF connection. Select
SFP+/QSFP+/QSFP+ to SFP+ cables for short-haul IRF connection.
All switches except the master switch automatically reboot, and the IRF fabric is
established.
See IRF Configuration Guide for the software release you are using.
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