Planning Irf Fabric Setup; Planning Irf Fabric Size And The Installation Site - H3C S10504 Installation Manual

Step
1. Plan IRF fabric setup.
Install IRF member
2.
switches.
3. Power on the switches.
4. Configure basic IRF
settings on each switch
in standalone mode.
5. Connect the physical
IRF ports.
6. Enable IRF mode.
7. Verify the IRF settings.
8. Configure other
settings in IRF mode.

Planning IRF fabric setup

This section describes issues that an IRF fabric setup plan must cover.

Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site

Plan IRF fabric size and the installation site, as follows:
1. Use H3C S10500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide as a reference to identify the number of
member switches that your system software version supports for an S10500 IRF fabric.
2. Choose S10500 switch models for your network.
The member switches in an S10500 IRF fabric must be the same model.
3. Select LPUs that can provide 10-GE/40-GE ports.
The S10500 switch series requires 10-GE/40-GE ports for IRF connection. For more information
about the LPUs, see
4. Select XFP/SFP+/QSFP+/CFP transceiver modules and fibers for long-haul IRF connection. Select
SFP+/QSFP+/QSFP+ to SFP+ cables for short-haul IRF connection. Select 10Gbase-T twisted-pair
cables for short-haul IRF connection.
For more information about transceiver modules and cables, see
compatibility
5. Plan the installation site.
Description
Plan the installation site and IRF fabric setup parameters:
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Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site
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Identifying the master switch and planning IRF member IDs
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Planning IRF topology and connections
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Identifying physical IRF ports on the member switches
See "Installing IRF member
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See H3C S10500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
Connect physical IRF ports on switches.
See H3C S10500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
Log in to the IRF fabric at any member switch and verify that you can configure
all member switches as if they were one node.
See H3C S10500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
"Appendix B FRUs and compatibility
matrixes."
switches."
matrixes."
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"Appendix B FRUs and