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Wear an ESD wrist strap when you connect twisted pair/SFP+/SFP28/QSFP+ cables or
SFP+/SFP28/QSFP+ transceiver modules and fibers. For the connection methods and precautions,
see
H3C Transceiver Modules and Network Cables Installation Guide
.
Verifying the IRF fabric setup
To verify the basic functionality of the IRF fabric after you finish configuring basic IRF settings and
connecting 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 the
remote network management station can reach each other.
3.
Use Telnet, web, or SNMP to access the IRF fabric from the network management station. (See
H3C S5560X-EI 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 8 Displaying and maintaining IRF configuration and running status
Task Command
Display information about the IRF fabric.
display irf
Display all members’ IRF configurations that take effect at a reboot.
display irf
configuration
Display IRF fabric topology information.
display irf topology
NOTE:
To avoid IP address collision and network problems, configure a minimum of one multi-active
detection (MAD) mechanism to detect the presence of multiple identical IRF fabrics and handle
collisions. For more information about MAD detection, see
H3C S5560X-EI Switch Series IRF
Configuration Guide
or
H3C S5560X-EI Switch Series Virtual Technologies Configuration Guide
,
depending on the software version.
