Table Of Contents - HP FlexFabric 5700 series Configuration Manual

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Setting up an IRF fabric ··············································································································································· 1
Overview ············································································································································································ 1
Network topology ····························································································································································· 2
Basic concepts ··································································································································································· 2
IRF member roles ······················································································································································ 2
IRF member ID ··························································································································································· 2
IRF port ······································································································································································ 2
IRF physical interface ··············································································································································· 2
MAD ·········································································································································································· 3
IRF domain ID ··························································································································································· 3
IRF split ······································································································································································ 3
IRF merge ·································································································································································· 4
Member priority ························································································································································ 4
Interface naming conventions ·········································································································································· 4
File system naming conventions······································································································································· 5
Configuration synchronization ········································································································································ 6
Master election ·································································································································································· 6
Multi-active handling procedure ······································································································································ 7
Detection ··································································································································································· 7
Collision handling ···················································································································································· 7
Failure recovery ························································································································································ 7
MAD mechanisms ····························································································································································· 8
LACP MAD ································································································································································ 8
ARP MAD ·································································································································································· 9
ND MAD ································································································································································ 10
Hardware compatibility ················································································································································· 11
General restrictions and configuration guidelines ······································································································ 11
Software requirements ·········································································································································· 12
IRF physical interface requirements ····················································································································· 12
Connecting IRF ports ············································································································································· 13
Feature compatibility and configuration restrictions ·························································································· 13
Configuration backup ··········································································································································· 14
Setup and configuration task list ·································································································································· 14
Planning the IRF fabric setup ········································································································································· 15
Assigning a member ID to each IRF member device ································································································· 15
Specifying a priority for each member device ············································································································ 16
Connecting IRF physical interfaces ······························································································································· 16
Binding physical interfaces to IRF ports ······················································································································· 17
Accessing the IRF fabric ················································································································································ 19
Configuring a member device description ·················································································································· 19
Configuring IRF link load sharing mode ······················································································································ 19
Configuration restrictions and guidelines ··········································································································· 19
Configuring the global load sharing mode ········································································································ 20
Configuring a port-specific load sharing mode ································································································· 20
Configuring IRF bridge MAC persistence ···················································································································· 20
Enabling software auto-update for software image synchronization ······································································· 22
Configuration prerequisites ·································································································································· 22
Configuration procedure ······································································································································ 22
Setting the IRF link down report delay ························································································································· 23
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