H3C S5120-EI Series Configuration Manual

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iContentsIRF overview ································································································································································· 1Hardware compatibility ···················································································································································· 1IRF benefits ········································································································································································· 1Application scenario ························································································································································· 1Basic concepts ··································································································································································· 2IRF member roles ······················································································································································ 2IRF member ID··························································································································································· 2IRF port ······································································································································································ 2Physical IRF port ······················································································································································· 3IRF domain ID ··························································································································································· 3IRF split ······································································································································································ 3IRF merge ·································································································································································· 4Member priority ························································································································································ 4Interface naming conventions ·········································································································································· 4File system naming conventions······································································································································· 5Configuration synchronization mechanism ···················································································································· 6Master election ·································································································································································· 6IRF multi-active detection ·················································································································································· 6Multi-active handling procedure ····························································································································· 6LACP MAD ································································································································································ 7ARP MAD ·································································································································································· 8Configuring IRF··························································································································································· 10General restrictions and configuration guidelines ······································································································ 10Software requirements ·········································································································································· 10IRF link redundancy ··············································································································································· 10IRF physical port restrictions and cabling requirements ···················································································· 10IRF port binding restrictions ·································································································································· 10MAD ······································································································································································· 11FIPS mode requirement ········································································································································· 11Other configuration guidelines ···························································································································· 11Setup and configuration task list ·································································································································· 11Planning the IRF fabric setup········································································································································· 12Assigning a member ID to each IRF member switch ·································································································· 13Specifying a priority for each member switch ············································································································ 13Connecting physical IRF ports······································································································································· 14Binding physical ports to IRF ports ······························································································································· 15Accessing the IRF fabric ················································································································································ 16Accessing the CLI of the master switch ··············································································································· 16Accessing the CLI of a subordinate switch ········································································································· 17Assigning an IRF domain ID to the IRF fabric·············································································································· 17Configuring a member switch description··················································································································· 17Configuring IRF link load sharing mode ······················································································································ 18Configuring the global load sharing mode ········································································································ 18Configuring a port-specific load sharing mode ································································································· 18Configuring IRF bridge MAC persistence···················································································································· 19Enabling software auto-update for system software image synchronization ··························································· 19Setting the IRF link down report delay ························································································································· 20Configuring MAD··························································································································································· 21