H3C Technologies H3C S3600 Series Switches - Manual (Page 801)

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Setting the IRF Fabric Authentication Mode
Only the switches with the same IRF fabric authentication mode can form an IRF fabric.
Follow these steps to set the IRF fabric authentication mode for a switch:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Set the IRF fabric
authentication mode for
the switch
irf-fabric authentication-mode
{ simple password | md5 key }
Optional
By default, no authentication
mode is set on a switch.
When an IRF fabric operates normally, you can regard the whole fabric as a single device and perform
configuration on it. Multiple switches constitute an IRF fabric. Therefore, data transmission and
simultaneous program execution among the switches may cause the IRF fabric in a busy situation.
When you configure the IRF fabric, you may receive a prompt “Fabric system is busy, please try later…”
which indicates the fabric system does not perform your configuration properly. In this case, you need to
verify your previous configuration or perform your configuration again.
Configuring IRF Automatic Fabric for a Switch
Configuration prerequisites
z Make sure that the Flash of the newly added device has enough space to download software used
on the device in the fabric.
z Configure the fabric port for the newly added device.
Configuration procedure
Follow these steps to configure IRF automatic fabric for a switch:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view —
Configure IRF automatic fabric
for a switch fabric member-auto-update
software enable Required
Disabled by default