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:
Log in to the IRF fabric through the console port of any member switch.
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.
Use Telnet or SNMP to access the IRF fabric from the network management station. (See HPE FlexNetwork 5130 EI Switch Series Fundamentals Configuration Guide.)
Verify that you can manage all member switches as if they were one node.
Display the running status of the IRF fabric by using the commands in Table 7.
Table 7: 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: ]](images/note.png) | NOTE: To avoid IP address collision and network problems, configure at least 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 HPE FlexNetwork 5130 EI Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide. | |