Binding Physical Ports To Irf Ports; Saving Configuration To The Next-Startup Configuration File - HP 10500 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 Layer 2—LAN Switching 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, and you can only execute the shutdown, description, and flow-interval commands on
the physical port. For more information about these commands, see Layer 2—LAN Switching Command
Reference.
To bind physical ports to IRF ports:
Step
Enter system view.
1.
2. Enter IRF port view.
3. Bind a physical IRF port to
the IRF port.
Saving configuration to the next-startup
configuration file
Save the running configuration before converting to the IRF mode. The mode change requires a reboot,
which can cause all unsaved settings to be lost.
Perform the following task in any view:
Task
Save the running configuration to
the next-startup configuration file.
Command
system-view
irf-port port-number
port group interface interface-type
interface-number [ mode { enhanced |
normal } ]
Command
save [ safely ] [ backup | main ] [ force ]
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Remarks
N/A
N/A
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
eight physical ports.
Make sure all physical ports
bound to an IRF port use the
same binding mode. If you do
not specify a binding mode, the
enhanced mode applies.