Setting The Operating Mode To Irf Mode - HPE FlexNetwork HSR6800 Configuration Manual

Figure 9 Connecting IRF physical ports
Connect the devices into a daisy chain topology or a ring topology. A ring topology is more reliable
(see Figure 10). In ring topology, the failure of one IRF link does not cause the IRF fabric to split as in
daisy chain topology. Instead, the IRF fabric changes to a daisy chain topology without interrupting
network services.
To use the ring topology, you must have at least three member devices.
Figure 10 Daisy chain topology versus ring topology
Master
IRF-Port1
Subordinate
IRF-Port1
Subordinate
Daisy chain topology

Setting the operating mode to IRF mode

By default, the device is operating in standalone mode. To assign the device to an IRF fabric, you
must change its operating mode to IRF mode.
Before changing to IRF mode, use the display irf configuration command to verify that a member
ID has been assigned to the device. If the MemberID field displays two hyphens (--), first assign a
member ID to the device.
To set the operating mode of a device to IRF mode:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Set the operating mode to
IRF mode.
After you change the operating mode, the device automatically reboots to validate the change.
During the reboot, you may choose to have the system automatically convert the startup
configuration file to prevent some slot- or interface-related configurations from becoming invalid. For
IRF
IRF-Port2
IRF-Port2
Command
system-view
chassis convert mode irf
Master
IRF-Port1
IRF
IRF-Port2
IRF-Port1
Subordinate
Ring topology
15
IRF-Port2
IRF-Port1
IRF-Port2
Subordinate
Remarks
N/A
The default operating mode is
standalone mode.