HP HPE FlexFabric 5901 Series - Verifying the IRF Fabric Setup

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Verifying the IRF fabric setup
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 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
HPE FlexFabric 5901 Switch Series 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 8.
Table 8 Displaying and maintaining IRF configuration and running status
Task
Command
Display information about the IRF fabric.
display irf
Display all members’ IRF configurations that
take effect at a reboot.
display irf configuration
Display IRF fabric topology information.
display irf topology
NOTE:
To avoid IP address collision and
network problems, configure a minimum of 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 HPE FlexFabric 5901 Switch Series
IRF
Configuration Guide.