Planning The Irf Fabric Setup; Assigning A Member Id To Each Irf Member Device - HP FlexFabric 5700 series Configuration Manual

Tasks at a glance
8. (Optional.)
Configuring the global load sharing mode
Configuring a port-specific load sharing mode
9. (Optional.)
10. (Optional.)
synchronization
11. (Optional.)
12. (Required.)
Configuring LACP MAD
Configuring ARP MAD
Configuring ND MAD
Excluding a port from the shutdown action upon detection of
multi-active collision
13. (Optional.)

Planning the IRF fabric setup

Consider the following items when you plan an IRF fabric:
• Hardware compatibility and restrictions.
IRF fabric size.
•
Master device.
•
IRF physical interfaces.
•
Member ID and priority assignment scheme.
•
• Fabric topology and cabling scheme.
For more information about hardware and cabling, see the switch installation guide.

Assigning a member ID to each IRF member device

CAUTION:
In an IRF fabric, changing IRF member IDs might cause undesirable configuration changes and even data
loss. Before you do that, back up the configuration and make sure you fully understand the impact on your
network. For example, all member devices in an IRF fabric are the same model. If you swapped the IDs of
any two members, their interface settings would also be swapped.
To create an IRF fabric, you must assign a unique IRF member ID to each member device.
To prevent any undesirable configuration change or data loss, avoid changing member IDs after the IRF
fabric is formed.
Configuring IRF link load sharing
Configuring IRF bridge MAC persistence
Enabling software auto-update for software image
Setting the IRF link down report delay
Configuring MAD:
Recovering an IRF fabric
mode:
15
Remarks
N/A
N/A
HP recommends enabling
software auto-update to ensure
system software image
synchronization.
N/A
MAD mechanisms are
independent of one another. You
can configure multiple MAD
mechanisms for an IRF fabric.
N/A