Specifying A Priority For Each Member Device; Binding Physical Interfaces To Irf Ports - HP FlexFabric 12900 Series Configuration Manual

Step
1. (Optional.) Verify the
member ID assignment
status.
2. Enter system view.
3. Assign an IRF member ID to
the device.

Specifying a priority for each member device

IRF member priority represents the possibility for a device to be elected the master in an IRF fabric. The
higher the priority, the higher the possibility.
To specify a priority for the device in standalone mode:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Specify a priority for the
device.

Binding physical interfaces to IRF ports

To establish an IRF connection between two devices, you must bind a minimum of one physical interface
to IRF-port 1 on one device and to IRF-port 2 on the other. For link redundancy and load sharing, bind
multiple physical interfaces to one IRF port.
Make sure the IRF physical interfaces are operating as Layer 2 interfaces. Layer 3 interfaces cannot be
bound to IRF ports. To configure a physical interface as a Layer 2 interface, use the port link-mode bridge
command. For more information about this command, see Layer 2—LAN Switching Configuration
Guide.
In standalone mode, IRF port binding operations do not affect the current configuration of the interface.
However, when the operating mode changes to IRF mode, the default configuration is restored on the IRF
physical interface. You can only execute the following commands on the physical interface:
Command category
Basic Ethernet interface
commands
Command
display irf configuration
system-view
irf member member-id
Command
system-view
irf priority priority
Commands
•
description
•
flow-interval
•
shutdown
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Remarks
Check the MemberID field. If the
device does not have an IRF
member ID, the field displays
two hyphens (--).
N/A
By default, the device does not
have an IRF member ID.
The assigned member ID must be
1 or 2. If you use other member
IDs, the IRF fabric cannot be set
up.
Remarks
N/A
The default IRF member priority
is 1.
Remarks
See Layer 2—LAN Switching
Configuration Guide.