H3C S6861 Series Installation Manual

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33Configuring basic IRF settingsAfter you install the IRF member switches, power on the switches, and log in to each IRF memberswitch (see H3C S6861 Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guide) to configure theirmember IDs, member priorities, and IRF port bindings.Follow these guidelines when you configure the switches:• Assign the master switch higher member priority than any other switch.• Bind physical ports to IRF port 1 on one switch and to IRF port 2 on the other switch. Youperform IRF port binding before or after connecting IRF physical ports depending on thesoftware release.• Execute the display irf configuration command to verify the basic IRF settings.For more information about configuring basic IRF settings, see H3C S6861 Switch Series IRFConfiguration Guide or H3C S6861 Switch Series Virtual Technologies Configuration Guide,depending on the software version.Connecting the physical IRF portsCAUTION:Wear an ESD wrist strap when you connect cables or transceiver modules and optical fibers. Formore information, see the installation guide for the transceiver modules.Use cables or transceiver modules and optical fibers to connect the IRF member switches asplanned.Accessing the IRF fabric to verify the configurationTo verify the basic functionality of the IRF fabric after you finish configuring basic IRF settings andconnecting IRF ports:1. Log in to the IRF fabric through the console port of any member switch.2. Create a Layer 3 interface, assign it an IP address, and make sure the IRF fabric and theremote network management station can reach each other.3. Use Telnet or SNMP to access the IRF fabric from the network management station. (See H3CS6861 Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guide.)4. Verify that you can manage all member switches as if they were one node.5. Display the running status of the IRF fabric by using the commands in Table 6.Table 6 Displaying and maintaining IRF configuration and running statusTask CommandDisplay information about the IRF fabric. display irfDisplay all members' IRF configurations. display irf configurationDisplay IRF fabric topology information. display irf topology