Planning The Irf Network; Installing Irf Member Switches; Configuring Basic Irf Settings - HP A10500 Series Installation Manual

NOTE:
The member switches in an IRF must use the same version of system software image.
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Planning the IRF network

Plan the IRF network and identify the role, member ID, physical IRF ports of each member switch.
Identifying the master switch
IRF member switches will automatically elect a master. You can affect the election result by assigning a
high member priority to the intended master switch. For more information about master election, see HP
A10500 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
Determine which switch you want to use as the master for managing all member switches in the IRF
fabric.
An IRF fabric has only one master switch. You configure and manage all member switches in the IRF
fabric at the CLI of the master.
Planning member IDs
An IRF fabric uses member IDs to uniquely identify and manage its members.
Assign each IRF member switch a unique member ID before connecting them to form an IRF fabric.
Identifying the physical IRF ports on the member switches
Determine which 10-GE ports to use for IRF connection depending on the bandwidth and reliability
requirements.
The switch supports link aggregation and cross-card aggregation for IRF ports. You can bind up to eight
physical ports to one IRF port.

Installing IRF member switches

Step
1. Prepare the installation site
2. Mount the IRF member switches to racks
3. Install modules on IRF member switches

Configuring basic IRF settings

After you install the IRF member switches, power on the switches, and log in to each IRF member switch
(see the chapter
priorities, and IRF port bindings.
Follow these guidelines when you configure the switches:
First configure the member IDs, member priorities, and IRF port bindings for the IRF member
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switches, save the configuration, connect the member switches, and change the operating mode of
the switches to IRF mode.
Assign the master switch higher member priority than any other switch.
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"Connecting your switch to the
Reference
Chapter 2 "Preparing for installation"
Chapter 3 "Installing the switch"
Chapter 4 "Installing modules"
network") to configure their member IDs, member
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