IRF MAD Detection

Reading Time: 5 minutesThis post is about the IRF MAD detection methods, used with in HPN Comware based switches.  The purpose of IRF MAD is to prevent the split-brain scenario. If a split-brain occur, an IRF stack is broken, because of an link failure of one or more IRF links, or one or more IRF member switches experience … Read more

New HP 5700 Switch Announced

HP 5700

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHP announced the new HP 5700 switch as the new data center access switch. The switch supports IRF and is SDN ready. You can find the announcement here: http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/networking/whats-new.aspx#.U_NThvmvX55 The switch is available in three different models: HP 5700-40XG-2QSFP+ Switch (JG896A) HP 5700-48XG-4XG-2QSFP+ Switch (JG894A) HP 5700-32XGT-8XG-2QSFP+ Switch (JG898A) For further details have a look at the … Read more