Logging In To An Irf; Logging In To The Master; Logging In To A Slave - HP 4800G Series Configuration Manual

Do not set the time interval to a very long time; otherwise, the IRF system will not be aware of the IRF
topology changes in time and thus the service will be recovered slowly.

Logging In to an IRF

Logging In to the Master

After an IRF is formed, you can access the console of the IRF system through the AUX or console port
of any member device. Configure an IP address for the VLAN interface of a member device and make
sure that the route is reachable, and then you can access the IRF system remotely through Telnet, Web,
or SNMP.
When you log in to the IRF, actually you log in to the master device of the IRF. The master is the
configuration and control center of an IRF. After you configure the IRF on the master, the IRF system
synchronizes the configurations to the slaves.

Logging In to a Slave

When you log in to an IRF, actually you log in to the master device of the IRF. The operation interface of
the access terminal displays the master console. However, the device can redirect you to a specified
slave device. After you are redirected to a slave device, the user access terminal displays the console of
the slave device instead of that of the master device. The system enters user view of the salve device
and the command prompt is changed to <Sysname-member ID>, for example, <Sysname-2>. What
you have input on the access terminal will be redirected to the specified slave device for processing. At
present, only the following commands are allowed to be executed on a slave device:
display
quit
return
system-view
debugging
terminal debugging
terminal trapping
terminal logging
You can press Ctrl+K or use the quit or return command to return to the master console. At this time,
the master console is reactivated, and therefore it can output system information and logs.
Follow the steps below to log in to the specified slave device:
To do...
Log in to the specified slave
device of an IRF
Use the command...
irf switch-to member-id
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Remarks
Required
By default, you actually log in to the
master device of an IRF when you log
in to the IRF.