Binding Physical Ports To Irf Ports - HP FlexFabric 12500 Series Configuration Manual

Binding physical ports to IRF ports

To establish an IRF connection between two devices, you must bind at least one physical port to IRF-port
1 on one device and to IRF-port 2 on the other. For link redundancy and load sharing, bind multiple
physical ports to one IRF port.
Make sure the IRF physical ports are operating as Layer 2 interfaces. Layer 3 interfaces cannot be bound
to IRF ports. You can set a physical port as a Layer 2 or Layer 3 interface by using the port link-mode
{ bridge | route } command (see Interface Configuration Guide).
In standalone mode, binding a physical port to an IRF port does not affect the current configuration of the
port. However, when the operating mode changes to IRF mode, the default configuration of the physical
IRF port restores. You can only execute the description, flow-interval, and shutdown commands on the
physical port. For more information about these commands, see Interface Command Reference.
To bind physical ports to IRF ports:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter IRF port view.
3. Bind a physical IRF port to
the IRF port.
4. Return to system view.
5. Enter physical IRF port view
or interface range view.
6. Bring up the port or ports.
7. Return to system view.
Command
system-view
irf-port port-number
port group [ mdc mdc-id ] interface
interface-type interface-number
quit
•
Enter interface range view:
Method 1:
interface range { interface-type
interface-number [ to
interface-type
interface-number ] } &<1-5>
Method 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
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Remarks
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By default, no physical ports are
bound to any IRF port.
Repeat this step to assign more
physical ports to the IRF port.
Each IRF port can have up to 12
physical ports.
HP recommends not creating
MDCs or binding ports on
non-default MDCs to an IRF port
when the device is operating in
standalone mode.
N/A
To bring up a range of physical
IRF ports, enter interface range
view.
To bring up one physical IRF
port, enter its interface view.
By default, all ports are down.
N/A