Vrrp Application Example - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850-48 Network Configuration Manual

VRRP Application Example

Typically you should not configure the same IP address tracking policies on physical VRRP routers that
backup each other; otherwise, the priority will be decremented for both master and backup when the entity
being tracked goes down.
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
page 32-26
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 AOS Release 6 Network Configuration Guide
VRRP Router
OmniSwitch B
Backup 1
Master 2
10.10.2.245
clients 3 and 4
default gateway 10.10.2.245
Configuring VRRP
Virtual Routers
September 2009