HPE FlexFabric 12900E Series Configuration Manual page 69

Figure 23 Network diagram
Chassis 1
Slot 2
MDC Admin
Slot 3
Master
LAN 1
Server
Department A
Procedure
IMPORTANT:
By default, interfaces on the device are disabled (in ADM or Administratively Down state). To have
an interface operate, you must use the
1. Create MDCA and MDCB:
# Create MDCA for Department A.
<IRF> system-view
[IRF] mdc MDCA
It will take some time to create MDC...
MDC created successfully.
[IRF-mdc-2-MDCA] quit
The output shows that MDCA is created successfully. As a best practice, make sure MDCA is
created successfully before you create MDCB.
# Create MDCB for Department B.
[IRF] mdc MDCB
It will take some time to create MDC...
MDC created successfully.
IP network
IRF link 1
HGE1/2/0/1
MDC A
HGE1/3/0/1 IRF link 2
MDC B
HGE1/2/0/12
IRF
HGE2/2/0/1
MDC Admin
MDC A
HGE2/3/0/1
MDC B
Server
Department B
undo shutdown
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Chassis 2
Slot 2
Slot 3
Standby
HGE1/3/0/6
LAN 1
command to enable that interface.