Vrrp Application Example - Alcatel OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network Configuration Manual

VRRP Application Example

VRRP Application Example
In addition to providing redundancy, VRRP can assist in load balancing outgoing traffic. The figure below
shows two virtual routers with their hosts splitting traffic between them. Half of the hosts are configured
with a default route to virtual router 1's IP address (10.10.2.250), and the other half are configured with a
default route to virtual router 2's IP address (10.10.2.245).
10.10.2.250
VLAN 5
clients 1 and 2
default gateway 10.10.2.250
The CLI commands used to configure this setup are as follows:
1 First, create two virtual routers for VLAN 5. (Note that VLAN 5 must already be created and available
on the switch.)
-> vrrp 1 5
-> vrrp 2 5
2 Configure the IP addresses for each virtual router.
-> vrrp 1 5 ip 10.10.2.250
-> vrrp 2 5 ip 10.10.2.245
3 Enable the virtual routers.
-> vrrp 1 5 enable
-> vrrp 2 5 enable
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VRRP Router
OmniSwitch A
VRID 1
Master 1
10.10.2.250
VRID 2
Backup 2
10.10.2.245
VRRP Redundancy and Load Balancing
OmniSwitch 6800 Series Network Configuration Guide
VRRP Router
OmniSwitch B
Backup 1
Master 2
10.10.2.254
clients 3 and 4
default gateway 10.10.2.245
Configuring VRRP
Virtual Routers
November 2004