Configuring Basic Irf Settings; Connecting The Physical Irf Ports - HPE 5510 HI Series Installation Manual

Figure 41 IRF fabric topology
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Connecting the IRF member switches in a ToR solution
You can install IRF member switches in different racks side by side to deploy a top of rack (ToR) solution.
Figure 42 shows an example for connecting 9 top of rack IRF member switches by using SFP+/QSFP+
transceiver modules and optical fibers. The topology is the same as
Figure 42 ToR cabling
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Configuring basic IRF settings

After you install the IRF member switches, power on the switches, and log in to each IRF member switch
(see HPE 5510 HI Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guide) to configure their member IDs,
member priorities, and IRF port bindings.
Follow these guidelines when you configure IRF settings on the switches:
Assign the master switch higher member priority than any other switch.
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Bind physical ports to IRF port 1 on one switch and to IRF port 2 on the other switch. You can
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perform IRF port binding before or after connecting IRF physical ports, depending on the software
release.
To bind a port on an interface card to an IRF port, you must install the interface card first. For the
interface card installation procedure, see
Execute the display irf configuration command to verify the basic IRF settings.
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For more information about configuring basic IRF settings, see HPE 5510 HI Switch Series IRF
Configuration Guide.

Connecting the physical IRF ports

Use SFP+/QSFP+ DAC cables or SFP+/QSFP+ transceiver modules and fibers to connect the IRF
member switches as planned.
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