Operation Manual – IRF Fabric
Quidway S3900 Series Ethernet Switches-Release 1510 Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 IRF Fabric Configuration............................................................................................. 1-1
1.1 Overview............................................................................................................................ 1-1
1.1.1 Introduction to IRF................................................................................................... 1-1
1.1.2 Introduction to RMON on IRF.................................................................................. 1-2
1.2 Peer Fabric Port Detection ................................................................................................1-2
1.2.1 Introduction to the Peer Fabric Port Detection Function......................................... 1-2
1.2.2 Work Flow of the Peer Fabric Port Detection Function........................................... 1-2
1.2.3 Prompt Information and Solution............................................................................. 1-3
1.3 IRF Fabric Configuration.................................................................................................... 1-5
1.3.1 Introduction to IRF Fabric Configuration................................................................. 1-5
1.3.2 Specifying the VLAN Used to Form the IRF Fabric ................................................ 1-5
1.3.3 Setting a Unit ID for a Switch ..................................................................................1-6
1.3.4 Specifying the Fabric Port of a Switch .................................................................... 1-8
1.3.5 Assigning a Unit Name to a Switch......................................................................... 1-9
1.3.6 Assigning an IRF Fabric Name to a Switch ............................................................ 1-9
1.3.7 Setting the IRF Fabric Authentication Mode ........................................................... 1-9
1.4 Displaying and Debugging IRF Fabric............................................................................. 1-10
1.5 IRF Fabric Configuration Example................................................................................... 1-11
1.5.1 Networking requirements ...................................................................................... 1-11
1.5.2 Networking diagram .............................................................................................. 1-11
1.5.3 Configuration procedure........................................................................................ 1-11