HP 6125XLG R2306-HP 6125XLG Blade Switch IRF Configuration Guide - Page 3

Contents IRF overview 1 Hardware compatibility 1 IRF benefits 1 Application scenario 1 Network topologies 2 Basic concepts 2 IRF member roles 2 IRF member ID 2 IRF port 3 Physical IRF port 3 IRF domain ID 3 IRF split 4 IRF merge 4 Member priority 5 Interface naming conventions 5 File system naming conventions 5 Configuration synchronization mechanism 7 Master election 7 IRF multi-active detection 7 Multi-active handling procedure 7 LACP MAD 8 BFD MAD 9 ARP MAD 10 ND MAD 11 Configuring IRF 13 General restrictions and configuration guidelines 13 Software requirements 13 IRF physical port restrictions and binding requirements 13 IRF link redundancy 14 MAD and IRF domain restrictions 14 Other configuration guidelines 14 Setup and configuration task list 15 Planning the IRF fabric setup 16 Assigning a member ID to each IRF member device 16 Specifying a priority for each member device 17 Connecting physical IRF ports 17 Binding physical ports to IRF ports 18 Accessing the IRF fabric 20 Configuring a member device description 20 Configuring IRF link load sharing mode 21 Configuring the global load sharing mode 21 Configuring a port-specific load sharing mode 21 Configuring IRF bridge MAC persistence 22 Enabling software auto-update for software image synchronization 23 Configuration prerequisites 23 Configuration procedure 24 Setting the IRF link down report delay 24 Configuring MAD 24 i