HP 6125XLG - Configuring Basic IRF Settings; Connecting the Physical IRF Ports; Accessing the IRF Fabric to Verify the Configuration

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avoid loops. To create an IRF fabric on two switches by using crosslink ports, execute the undo
shutdown command to bring up the crosslink ports with the same number on the switches.
Figure 7 Connecting IRF member switches using crosslink ports
Configuring basic IRF settings
After you install the IRF member blade switches, power on the blade switches, and log in to each IRF
member blade switch (see HP 6125XLG Blade Switch Fundamentals Configuration Guide) to configure
their member IDs, member priorities, and IRF port bindings.
For more information about configuring basic IRF settings, see HP 6125XLG Blade Switch IRF
Configuration Guide.
Connecting the physical IRF ports
Connect the IRF member switches as planned.
NOTE:
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ear an ESD wrist strap when you connect cables or transceiver modules and fibers. For how to connec
t
them, see Pluggable SFP[SFP+][XFP] Transceiver Modules Installation Guide and Pluggable QSFP+
Transceiver Modules/Cables 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 HP
6125XLG Blade Switch Fundamentals Configuration Guide.)
4. Verify 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 3.
Table 3 Displaying and maintaining IRF configuration and runni
ng status
Task Command
Display information about the IRF fabric display irf
Display all members’ configurations display irf configuration