HP A7503 Configuration Manual page 15

operating mode is switched to IRF. Pre-configurations enable member switches to reboot only once
to establish an IRF fabric.
Re-configure the three parameters when the switch operates in IRF mode. Adopt this method when
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you change the current configuration. For example, change the member ID of a switch to a specified
value (note that the modification of the member ID may make some member ID-related
configurations invalid); modify the priority of a member switch to make it being elected as the
master in the next role election; modify the binding between an IRF port and physical IRF ports (such
as deleting a binding or adding a new binding), and the configuration of IRF ports may affect the
operation of the switch (for example, causing IRF fabric partition, or IRF fabric merge).
Although you can configure the three parameters in either of the two ways, they have different effects. HP
recommends this IRF fabric establishment procedure:
Plan the network, and decide the master switch, IRF member IDs, and physical IRF ports.
1.
Pre-configure the switches in standalone mode, including their IRF ports, member IDs, and member
2.
priorities.
Save the configurations to the startup configuration file on each member switches.
3.
Connect physical IRF ports and ensure that they are interoperable.
4.
Switch the operating mode of the switches to IRF. The switches reboot to form an IRF fabric.
5.
Log in to the IRF fabric.
6.
Configure and manage the IRF fabric, for example, change an IRF port binding when the physical
7.
IRF port in the binding fails).
Complete the following tasks to configure an IRF fabric:
Task
Setting a member ID for the switch
Pre-configuring
an IRF member
Specifying a priority for the switch
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