switch removal from IRF?

[johnnym57]

Hi. I have 5 switches in an IRF. I want to remove member 5 to use elsewhere. Can anyone please advise me the neatest way to do this?

Should I shutdown the  two ports on the switch being removed, undo the IRF ports at the console on member 5 and then disconnect the cables from the 5th member. I've experience at setting up but not unpicking and I'm assuming I can just reverse the process. I assume the remaining 4 switches will restart when I unplug the cables from the 5th member? The 5th member I can just reset once I have safely removed it but am unsure of this proess in cae it causes a problem with the other 4 swicthes.

Thanks

[parnassus]

Is that 5th member placed at the end of the IRF chain (if chain) or placed into the IRF ring (if ring)?

[johnnym57]

Ring. Port 51 goes back up to port 52 of the 1st member,  Port 52 of this switch is connected to port 51 of the 4th member just above. Thank you.

[parnassus · Accepted solution]

Do not forget to renumber the Switch you're withdrawing, something like:

undo irf-port 5/51
undo irf-port 5/52
irf member 5 renumber 1
save
reboot

once you shutdown physical ports member of IRF Port 1 and 2 of the member you're removing from the IRF Stack.

Then you should close the IRF Ring again connecting IRF Ports between 4th and 1st IRF Member.