H3C Technologies H3C S7500E Series Switches - Manual (Page 55)

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• The transceiver modules at the two ends of an IRF link must be the same type.
For more information about installing transceiver modules, see "Installing modules." For more
information about connecting fibers, see "
Connecting your switch to the network ."
Figure 38 Connecting two IRF member switches
Verifying the IRF fabric configuration
After you finish configuring basic IRF settings and connecting IRF ports, verify the basic functionality of
the IRF fabric, as follows:
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 the remote
network management station can reach each other.
3. Use Telnet or SNMP to access the IRF fabric from the network management station. (See the H3C
S7500E Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guides.)
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 10 .
Table 10 Displaying and maintaining IRF configuration and running status
Task Command
Display information about the IRF fabric display irf
Display topology information about the IRF fabric display irf topology
To avoid IP address collision and network problems, configure at least one MAD mechanism to detect the
presence of multiple identical IRF fabrics and handle collisions. For more information about MAD, see
H3C S7500E Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.