Accessing The Irf Fabric To Verify The Configuration - HP A10500 Series Manual

Figure 26 Connect two IRF member switches

Accessing the IRF fabric to verify the configuration

After you finish configuring basic IRF settings and connecting IRF ports, verify the basic functionality of
the IRF fabric, as follows:
Log in to the IRF fabric through the console port of any member switch.
1.
Create a Layer 3 interface, assign it an IP address, and make sure that the IRF fabric and the
2.
remote network management station can reach each other.
Use Telnet or SNMP to access the IRF fabric from the network management station. (See HP
3.
A10500 Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guide.)
Check that you can manage all member switches as if they were one node.
4.
Display the running status of the IRF fabric by using the commands in
5.
Table 16 Display and maintain IRF configuration and running status
To do ...
Display information about the IRF fabric
Display topology information about the IRF fabric
NOTE:
x
An IRF link failure can cause an IRF fabric to split into two IRF fabrics operating with the same Layer 3
configurations, such as the same IP address.
x
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
Use the command...
display irf
display irf topology
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Table 16.