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•  Execute the irf-port-configuration active command to activate the IRF port configuration. 
•  Execute the display irf configuration command to verify the basic IRF settings. 
For more information about configuring basic IRF settings, see the IRF configuration guide for your switch.  
Connecting the physical IRF ports 
Connect the IRF member switches as planned. 
 
  NOTE: 
Wear an ESD-preventive wrist strap when you connect the physical IRF ports. For how to connect them, 
see
 Pluggable SFP/SFP+/XFP Transceiver Modules Installation Guide
. 
 
Accessing the IRF fabric to verify the configuration 
To verify the basic functionality of the IRF fabric after you finish configuring basic IRF settings and 
connecting IRF ports: 
1.  Log in to the IRF fabric through the console port of any member switch. 
2.  Create a Layer 3 interface, assign it an IP address, and make sure that the IRF fabric and the 
remote network management station can reach each other. 
3.  Use Telnet, web or SNMP to access the IRF fabric from the network management station.  
See the fundamentals configuration guide for your switch. 
4.  Check that you can manage all member switches as if they were one node. 
5.  Display the running status of the IRF fabric by using the commands in Table 13. 
Table 13 Display and maintain IRF configuration and running status 
To do …  Use the command… 
Display information about the IRF fabric  display irf 
Display all members’ configurations that take 
effect after switch reboots 
display irf configuration 
Display topology information about the IRF 
fabric 
display irf topology 
 
  NOTE: 
To avoid IP address collision and network problems, configure at least one multi-active detection (MAD)
mechanism to detect the presence of multiple identical IRF fabrics and handle collisions. For more 
information about MAD detection, see the IRF configuration guide for your switch.