16
Step
Command
Remarks
effect after the reboot.
4.
Reboot the device.
reboot
[
slot
slot-number
] [
force
]
N/A
Specifying a priority for each member device
IRF member priority represents the possibility for a device to be elected the master in an IRF fabric.
The higher the priority, the higher the possibility.
A change to member priority affects the election result at the next master election. However, it does
not cause an immediate master re-election.
To specify a priority for a member device:
Step
Command
Remarks
1.
Enter system view.
system-view
N/A
2.
Specify a priority for the
device.
irf member member-id priority
priority
The default IRF member priority
is 1.
Connecting IRF physical interfaces
When you connect two neighboring IRF members, connect the physical interfaces of IRF-port 1 on
one member to the physical interfaces of IRF-port 2 on the other.
For example, you have four member devices: A, B, C, and D. IRF-port 1 and IRF-port 2 are
represented by A1 and A2 on member device A, represented by B1 and B2 on member device B,
and so on. To connect the four member devices into a ring topology of A-B-C-D(A), the IRF link
cabling scheme must be one of the following:
•
A1-B2, B1-C2, C1-D2, and D1-A2.
•
A2-B1, B2-C1, C2-D1, and D2-A1.
IMPORTANT:
No intermediate devices are allowed between neighboring members.
shows how to connect two switch modules.
Figure 11 Connecting IRF physical interfaces
shows how to connect two switch modules through crosslink ports numbered 17.
IRF-port 1
IRF-port 2
IRF fabric
