Irf Merge; Member Priority; Interface Naming Conventions - HP FlexFabric 5700 series Configuration Manual

Figure 3 IRF split

IRF merge

IRF merge occurs when two split IRF fabrics reunite or when two independent IRF fabrics are united, as
shown in Figure
Figure 4 IRF merge

Member priority

Member priority determines the possibility of a member device to be elected the master. A member with
higher priority is more likely to be elected the master.

Interface naming conventions

An interface is named in the chassis-number/slot-number/port-index format.
chassis-number—IRF member ID of the switch. This argument defaults to 1. The IRF member ID
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always takes effect, whether or not the device has formed an IRF fabric with other devices. If the
device is alone, the device is considered to be a one-chassis IRF fabric.
slot-number—Slot number of the front panel. This argument is fixed at 0.
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port-index—Index of the port on the device. Port index depends on the number of ports available
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on the device. To identify the index of a port, examine its port index mark on the chassis.
For example:
On the single-chassis IRF fabric Sysname, Ten-GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 represents the first port on
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the device. Set its link type to trunk, as follows:
<Sysname> system-view
[Sysname] interface ten-gigabitethernet 1/0/1
[Sysname-Ten-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] port link-type trunk
• On the multi-chassis IRF fabric Master, Ten-GigabitEthernet 3/0/1 represents the first fixed port on
member device 3. Set its link type to trunk, as follows:
<Master> system-view
[Master] interface ten-gigabitethernet 3/0/1
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