Enabling Auto Reboot For Irf Fabric Merge; Enabling Automatic Boot File Updating - H3C S9500E Series Configuration Manual

To do...
Specify the preservation time of
the bridge MAC address of the
IRF fabric as 6 minutes when the
master leaves
Configure that the bridge MAC
address of the IRF fabric changes
as soon as the master leaves
CAUTION:
Bridge MAC address change may cause a temporary traffic interruption.
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If two IRF fabrics have the same bridge MAC address, they cannot be merged into one IRF fabric.
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• If you use ARP MAD together with the spanning tree feature for an IRF fabric, enable the IRF fabric to
change its bridge MAC address as soon as the master leaves by using the undo irf mac-address
persistent command.
If the VRRP load balancing function is enabled when the switch operates in IRF mode, you must
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configure the preservation time of IRF bridge MAC address as permanently preserved (which is the
default setting). For more information about VRRP, see

Enabling auto reboot for IRF fabric merge

When merging IRF fabrics, you must reboot the member switches in the IRF fabric that has been defeated
in the master election. The auto reboot function enables the IRF fabric to automatically reboot all its
member switches to complete the merge.
This function can work only when it is enabled on both IRF fabrics that are merging.
To enable auto reboot for IRF fabric merge:
To do...
Enter system view
Enable auto reboot for IRF fabric
merge
NOTE:
The auto reboot function does not take effect on the IRF fabric merge caused by binding a physical port to
an IRF port in IRF mode. You must manually reboot the switches that have been defeated in the master
selection to complete the merge.

Enabling automatic boot file updating

When auto upgrade of boot files is disabled and the boot files of slaves and the master are different
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versions, the new member or the member with a low priority do not boot normally. Update the
switch version and add the switch into the IRF fabric again.
When auto upgrade of boot file is enabled, the IRF fabric compares its software version with that
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of the master as soon as a switch is added into an IRF fabric. If the versions are not the same, the
switch automatically downloads the boot file from the master, reboots with the new boot file, and
Use the command...
irf mac-address persistent timer
undo irf mac-address persistent
Use the command...
system-view
irf auto-merge enable
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Remarks
preserved permanently when the
master leaves.
High Availability Configuration Guide
Remarks
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Optional
Disabled by default.
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