Setup And Configuration Task List - HP 6125XLG Configuration Manual

Save any configuration you have made to the startup configuration file before you reboot the IRF
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member devices.

Setup and configuration task list

HP recommends the basic IRF setup procedure in
member device. After the IRF fabric is set up, you can access the IRF fabric to manage its member devices
as if they were one device.
Figure 9 Basic IRF setup flow chart
HP recommends the following IRF fabric setup and configuration procedure:
Setup and configuration procedure
1. (Required.)
2. (Required.)
3. (Required.)
4. (Required.)
5. (Required.)
6. (Required.)
7. (Optional.)
8. (Optional.)
Configuring the global load sharing mode
Configuring a port-specific load sharing mode
9. (Optional.)
Planning the IRF fabric setup
Assigning a member ID to each IRF member device
Specifying a priority for each member device
Connecting physical IRF ports
Binding physical ports to IRF ports
Accessing the IRF fabric
Configuring a member device description
Configuring IRF link load sharing
Configuring IRF bridge MAC persistence
Figure 9. Perform the tasks in this figure on each
mode:
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Remarks
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Perform this task on each member
device.
Perform this task on each member
device.
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Perform this task on each member
switch.
When you complete IRF port
binding and activation on all IRF
member devices, the IRF fabric is
formed.
When you log in to the IRF fabric,
you are placed at the master's CLI,
where you complete subsequent
IRF settings and configure other
features for the member devices as
if they were one device.
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