Hello all..
We purchased (3) of these guys with the intention of using them to support aggregated SAN traffic over multiple SANs.
The intention was to have them operate as a single logical unit that the SANs would connect to allowing for high availability and bandwidth aggregation.
I was able to complete the IRF configuration. Unfortunatley, because there is no MAD feature available in the command reference, I am unclear on how I am supposed to manage split IRF scenarios.
I figured that perhaps this was maybe an issue with the software. So I went to the support site for THIS SWITCH MODEL and what I find as the latest software is 5120.EI-4210G_R2208P01.
Ok so it lists both hardware platforms in the file and In the feature list of this software MAD is supported (Terrific!).
So I commence to update the boot file. Only when I upload the new application file, the switch fails and will not come up anymore. I am thinking that this application file may not be compatible with the switch.
JF845A HP 4210-48G Software Page: https://h10145.www1.hp.com/downloads/SoftwareReleases.aspx?ProductNumber=JF845A
Suffice it to say that I am less than pleased with the rampant inconsistency in the HP documentation pertaining what supports IRF, what features are supported/not supported etc..
I am hoping someone can detail definitivley what options I have here. This is the second time I was told by HP pre-sales that a switch supports IRF only to find that this is really not the case.
Appreciate any help.
Thanks.
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