Verifying The Irf Fabric Configuration - HP FlexFabric 12900 series Installation Manual

Figure 27 Connecting two IRF member switches

Verifying the IRF fabric configuration

After you finish configuring basic IRF settings and connecting IRF ports, verify the basic functionality of
the IRF fabric, as follows:
1. Log in to the IRF fabric through the console port of any member switch.
2. Create a Layer 3 interface, assign it an IP address, and make sure the IRF fabric and the remote
network management station can reach each other.
3. Use Telnet or SNMP to access the IRF fabric from the network management station. (See HP
FlexFabric 12900 Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guide.)
4. Verify that you can manage all member switches as if they were one node.
5. Display the running status of the IRF fabric by using the commands in
Table 7 Displaying and maintaining IRF configuration and running status
Task
Display information about the IRF fabric.
Display topology information about the IRF fabric.
To avoid IP address collision and network problems, configure at least one MAD mechanism to detect the
presence of multiple identical IRF fabrics and handle collisions. For more information about MAD, see HP
FlexFabric 12900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
Command
display irf
display irf topology
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Table 7.