Identifying physical IRF ports on the member switches................................................................................................................. 39
Planning the cabling scheme.......................................................................................................................................................................... 40
Connecting the IRF member switches in one rack............................................................................................................41
Connecting the IRF member switches in a ToR solution...............................................................................................42
Configuring basic IRF settings....................................................................................................................................................................... 42
Connecting the physical IRF ports...............................................................................................................................................................42
Accessing the IRF fabric to verify the configuration.........................................................................................................................43
Maintenance and troubleshooting.....................................................................................44
Power supply failure.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 44
Fan tray failure..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................44
Configuration terminal problems................................................................................................................................................................................... 44
No display on the configuration terminal................................................................................................................................................ 45
Garbled display on the configuration terminal.....................................................................................................................................45
Websites................................................................................................................................. 46
Support and other resources.............................................................................................. 47
Accessing Hewlett Packard Enterprise Support................................................................................................................................................... 47
Accessing updates..................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
Customer self repair...............................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Remote support........................................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Warranty information............................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Regulatory information........................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Documentation feedback....................................................................................................................................................................................................49
Chassis views and technical specifications.......................................................................50
Chassis views............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 50
HPE 5920AF-24XG/HPE 5920AF-24XG TAA....................................................................................................................................50
HPE 5900AF-48XG-4QSFP+/HPE 5900AF-48XG-4QSFP+ TAA/HPE 5900CP-48XG-4QSFP+/HPE
5900CP-48XG-4QSFP+ TAA/HPE 5900CP-48XG-4QSFP+8Gb FC B-F.............................................................................51
HPE 5900AF-48XGT-4QSFP+/HPE 5900AF-48XGT-4QSFP+ TAA.....................................................................................52
HPE 5900AF-48G-4XG-2QSFP+/HPE 5900AF-48G-4XG-2QSFP+ TAA.......................................................................... 54
Technical specifications.......................................................................................................................................................................................................55
FRUs and compatibility matrixes.......................................................................................58
Power supplies..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................58
Fan trays.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................58
Ports and LEDs...................................................................................................................... 61
Ports................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................61
Console port..............................................................................................................................................................................................................61
Management Ethernet port............................................................................................................................................................................. 61
USB port......................................................................................................................................................................................................................61
SFP+ port....................................................................................................................................................................................................................61
QSFP+ port................................................................................................................................................................................................................64
10/100/1000Base-T autosensing Ethernet port...............................................................................................................................66
1/10GBase-T autosensing Ethernet port................................................................................................................................................67
LEDs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
System status LED................................................................................................................................................................................................67
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