HP 6125G HP 6125G & 6125G/XG Blade Switches IRF Configuration Guide-R2 - Page 3

Contents IRF overview 1 IRF benefits 1 Application scenario 1 Basic concepts 2 IRF member roles 2 IRF member ID 2 IRF port 2 Physical IRF port 3 IRF domain ID 3 IRF split 3 IRF merge 4 Member priority 4 Interface naming conventions 4 File system naming conventions 5 Configuration synchronization mechanism 6 Master election 6 IRF multi-active detection 6 Multi-active handling procedure 6 LACP MAD 7 BFD MAD 8 ARP MAD 9 Configuring IRF 11 General restrictions and configuration guidelines 11 Software requirements 11 IRF link redundancy 11 IRF physical port restrictions and cabling requirements 11 MAD 11 Other configuration guidelines 11 Setup and configuration task list 12 Planning the IRF fabric setup 13 Assigning a member ID to each IRF member switch 13 Specifying a priority for each member switch 14 Connecting physical IRF ports 14 Binding physical ports to IRF ports 15 Accessing the IRF fabric 17 Accessing the CLI of the master switch 17 Accessing the CLI of a subordinate switch 18 Assigning an IRF domain ID to the IRF fabric 18 Configuring a member switch description 18 Configuring IRF bridge MAC persistence 19 Enabling software auto-update for system software image synchronization 20 Setting the IRF link down report delay 21 Configuring MAD 21 Configuring LACP MAD 22 Configuring BFD MAD 23 Configuring ARP MAD 25 Excluding a port from the shutdown action upon detection of multi-active collision 26 Recovering an IRF fabric 27 i