Setting The Operating Mode To Irf Mode - HP FlexFabric 12900 Series Configuration Manual

When you connect transceiver modules, connect the transmit port of the transceiver module at one end
to the receive port of the transceiver module at the other end.
IMPORTANT:
No intermediate devices are allowed between neighboring members.
Figure 8 Connecting IRF physical interfaces
Connect the devices into a daisy-chain topology.
Figure 9 IRF daisy-chain topology

Setting the operating mode to IRF mode

By default, the device operates in standalone mode. To assign the device to an IRF fabric, you must
change its operating mode to IRF mode.
To set the operating mode of a device to IRF mode:
Step
1. (Optional.) Verify that a
unique IRF member ID has
been assigned to the device.
2. Enter system view.
3. Set the operating mode to
IRF mode.
Command
display irf configuration
system-view
chassis convert mode irf
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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
The default operating mode is
standalone mode.