Specifying a MAC address as the IRF bridge MAC address

You can specify the bridge MAC address of an existing IRF fabric for a new IRF fabric to replace the existing IRF fabric with transient packet loss.

To specify a MAC address as the IRF bridge MAC address:

Step

Command

Remarks

1. Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2. Specify a MAC address as the IRF bridge MAC address.

irf mac-address mac-address

By default, an IRF fabric uses the bridge MAC address of the master as the IRF bridge MAC address.

If an IRF fabric splits after you configure the IRF bridge MAC address, both the split IRF fabrics use the configured bridge MAC address as the IRF bridge MAC address.

IMPORTANT:

Reserve the MAC addresses in the following range: from mac-address to mac-address + 2 × maximum number of ports on the device.

You cannot specify these MAC addresses as static, dynamic, blackhole, or multiport unicast MAC addresses.

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