Recovering An Irf Fabric - HP 6125XLG Configuration Manual

To configure a port to not shut down when the IRF fabric transits to the Recovery state:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Configure a network port to
not shut down when the IRF
fabric transits to the
Recovery state.

Recovering an IRF fabric

When the failed IRF link between two split IRF fabrics is recovered, all member devices in the inactive IRF
fabric (in Recovery state) join the active IRF fabric as subordinate members automatically, and the
network ports that have been shut down by MAD restore their original physical state automatically, as
shown in Figure
Figure 12 Recovering the IRF fabric
If the active IRF fabric has failed, for example, because of device or link failures, before the IRF link is
recovered (see
state to Detect and bring up all physical ports that were shut down by MAD. After you repair the IRF link,
the two parts merge into a unified IRF fabric.
Command
system-view
mad exclude interface interface-type
interface-number
12.
Figure 13), use the mad restore command on the inactive IRF fabric to change its MAD
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Remarks
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By default, all network ports on a
Recovery-state IRF fabric are shut
down, except for the IRF physical
ports and console port.