Developed by 3Com under code name XRN in 2003, became IRF after 3Com (H3C) was purchased by HP. Like Cisco VSS act as virtualization technology that a provide an unified management and a non-stop maintenance of the network.
You can find the full history here
Only same series devices can form an IRF, including:
- HPE FlexNetwork HSR6800 Router Series
- HPE FlexFabric 5700 Switch Series
- HPE 5900 Switch Series
- HPE 5920 Switch Series
- HPE 5940 Switch Series
For technicals we include a little script to build a 3 devices IRF touch and go,
Device member #1:
irf member 1 priority 10
int ten 1/1/1
shut
int ten 1/1/2
shut
quit
irf-port 1/1
port group int ten 1/1/1
quit
irf-port 1/2
port group int ten 1/1/2
quit
int ten 1/1/1
undo shut
int ten 1/1/2
undo shut
quit
irf-port-configuration active
sa fo
reboot
Device member #2:
irf member 1 renumber 2
quit
sa fo
reboot
int ten 2/1/1
shut
int ten 2/1/2
shut
quit
irf-port 2/1
port group int ten 2/1/1
quit
irf-port 2/2
port group int ten 2/1/2
quit
int ten 2/1/1
undo shut
int ten 2/1/2
undo shut
quit
irf-port-configuration active
sa fo
quit
reboot
Device member #3
irf member 1 renumber 3
quit
sa fo
reboot
int ten 3/1/1
shut
int ten 3/1/2
shut
quit
irf-port 3/1
port group int ten 3/1/1
quit
irf-port 3/2
port group int ten 3/1/2
quit
int ten 3/1/1
undo shut
int ten 3/1/2
undo shut
quit
irf-port-configuration active
sa fo
reboot
Final confs&checks:
irf member 1 description bla.bla.bla
irf member 2 description bla.bla.bla
irf member 3 description bla.bla.bla
dis irf
dis irf port-configuration
sa fo
reboot
EXTRA confs:
system-view
sysname bla.bla.bla
clock timezone CEST add 01:00:00
clock timezone #Web#1#01 add 01:00:00
telnet server enable
ssh server enable
undo ip http enable
command-alias enable
command-alias mapping display show
command-alias mapping undo no
command-alias mapping quit exit
#Automatic Backup:
job backup_configs
view Copy-to-TFTP
time 5 repeating at 21:30 week-day Sun command save force
time 10 repeating at 22:00 week-day Sun command tftp ip.address put startup.cfg customer/switch.cfg
Enjoy!
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