Planning Irf Fabric Setup - HP FlexFabric 12900E series Installation Manual

Step
Install IRF member switches.
2.
Power on the switches.
3.
Configure basic IRF settings on
4.
each switch in standalone mode.
Connect the physical IRF ports.
5.
Enable IRF mode.
6.
Verify the IRF settings.
7.
Configure other settings in IRF
8.
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:
Use HPE 12900E & 12900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide as a reference to identify the
1.
number of member switches that your system software version supports for a 12900E IRF
fabric.
Choose 12900E switch models for your network.
2.
A 12900E IRF fabric supports a maximum of two member switches. The member switches must
be the same model.
Select LPUs that can provide 10-GE/40-GE/100-GE ports.
3.
The 12900E switch series requires 10-GE/40-GE/100-GE ports for IRF connection. For more
information about the LPUs, see
Select SFP+/QSFP+/CXP/CFP2 transceiver modules and fibers for long distance transmission.
4.
Select SFP+/QSFP+/QSFP+ to SFP+ DAC cables or CXP optical cables for short distance
transmission. Select twisted pair cables to connect 10GBase-T ports over a short distance.
For more information about transceiver modules and cables, see
compatibility
Plan the installation site.
5.
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 HPE 12900E & 12900 Switch Series IRF Configuration
Guide.
Prepare an IRF member ID assignment scheme. An IRF fabric uses member IDs to uniquely identify
and manage its members, and you must assign each IRF member switch a unique member ID.
Description
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See HPE 12900E & 12900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
Connect physical IRF ports on switches.
See HPE 12900E & 12900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
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.
See HPE 12900E & 12900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
"Appendix B FRUs and compatibility
matrixes."
"Installing IRF member switches."
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matrixes."
"Appendix B FRUs and