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Step Command
Remarks
3.
Shut down the port or ports.
shutdown
Always shut down a physical port
before binding it to an IRF port or
removing the binding.
Start the shutdown operation on the
master and then the switch that has
the fewest number of hops from the
master.
4.
Return to system view.
quit
N/A
5.
Enter IRF port view.
irf-port
member-id
/
port-number
N/A
6.
Bind each physical port to
the IRF port.
port group interface
interface-type interface-number
[
mode
{
enhanced
|
normal
} ]
By default, no physical port is bound
to any IRF port.
Make sure the two ends of an IRF
link use the same binding mode.
7.
Return to system view.
quit
N/A
8.
Enter Ethernet interface
view or interface range
view.
•
Enter interface range view:
{
Approach 1:
interface range
{
interface-type
interface-number
[
to
interface-type
interface-number
] }
&<1-5>
{
Approach 2:
interface range name
name
[
interface
{ int
erface-type
interface-number
[
to
interface-type
interface-number
] }
&<1-5> ]
•
Enter
interface
view:
interface
interface-type
interface-number
N/A
9.
Bring up the port or ports.
undo shutdown
N/A
10.
Return to system view.
quit
N/A
11.
Save the running
configuration.
save
N/A
12.
Activate the IRF port
configuration.
irf-port-configuration active
After this step is performed, the
state of the IRF port changes to UP,
the member switches automatically
elect a master, and the subordinate
switch automatically reboots.
After the IRF fabric is formed, you
can add more physical ports to an
IRF port (in UP state) without
performing this step.
Accessing the IRF fabric
The IRF fabric appears as one device after it is formed. You configure and manage all IRF members
at the CLI of the master. All settings you have made are automatically propagated to the IRF
members.
