H3C Technologies H3C S3600 Series Switches - Manual (Page 794)

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Table 1-1 Status and solution
Status Analysis Solution
normal
temporary
redundance port
—
These three kinds of
information do not mean a
device or a fabric operates
improperly. No measure is
needed for any of them.
Two fabric ports of the
same device (that is, the
right port and the left port)
are connected.
Pull out one end of the cable
and connect it to a fabric port of
another switch.
The left and right fabric
ports of the devices are
not connected in a
crossed way.
Connect the left and right ports
of two devices in a crossed
way.
connection error
Indicates
three kinds
of port
matching
errors may
occur.
A fabric port of the local
switch is connected to a
non-fabric port, or is
connected to a fabric port
that does not have fabric
port function enabled.
Check the types of the two
interconnected ports on two
sides. Make sure a fabric port is
only connected to ports of the
same type and the fabric ports
on both sides are enabled with
the fabric port function.
reached max units
The maximum number of units allowed
by the current fabric is reached. You will
fail to add new devices to the fabric in
this case.
Remove the new device or
existing devices in the fabric.
different system name
The fabric name of the device directly
connected to the switch and the existing
fabric name of the fabric are not the
same.
Modify the fabric name of the
new device to be that of the
fabric.
different product
version
The software version of the directly
connected device and that of the current
device are not the same.
Update the software version to
make sure the software version
of the new device is the same
as that of the fabric.
auth failure
The IRF fabric authentication modes
configured for the local device and that
of the fabric are not the same, or the
password configured does not match. Configure the IRF fabric
authentication modes and the
passwords for the local device
and the fabric as the same.
IRF automatic fabric
If the software version and fabric name of the candidate switch are inconsistent with those of the device
in the IRF fabric, the local device cannot be added to the fabric. In this case, you have to manually
download and load the software, and then restart the device, or manually change the fabric name to add
the device to the fabric. H3C S3600 series switches provide the IRF automatic fabric function, which
enables a candidate switch to automatically download the software and change the fabric name in case
that the software version and fabric name of the candidate device and that of the device in the fabric are
different, thus reducing the manual maintenance workload.
With IRF automatic fabric enabled, if inconsistency in software version or fabric name occurs when a
switch is added to a fabric, the system automatically performs the following operations:
z If the software version of the local device is inconsistent with that of the device in the fabric, the
system automatically initiates a download request to the device with the smallest unit ID in the