Associating The Track Module With An Application Module; Associating Track With Vrrp - HP VSR1000 High Availability Configuration Manual

Associating the Track module with an application
module

Associating Track with VRRP

When VRRP is operating in standard mode or load balancing mode, associate the Track module with the
VRRP group to implement the following actions:
Change the priority of a router according to the status of the uplink. If a fault occurs on the uplink
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of the router, the VRRP group is not aware of the uplink failure. If the router is the master, hosts in the
LAN cannot access the external network. This problem can be solved by establishing a Track-VRRP
group association. Use the detection modules to monitor the status of the uplink of the router and
establish collaborations between the detection modules, Track module, and VRRP. When the uplink
fails, the detection modules notify the Track module to change the status of the monitored track entry
to Negative, and the priority of the master decreases by a user-specified value. This allows a higher
priority router in the VRRP group to become the master, and maintains proper communication
between the hosts in the LAN and the external network.
Monitor the master on a backup. If a fault occurs on the master, the backup operating in switchover
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mode will switch to the master immediately to maintain normal communication.
When VRRP is operating in load balancing mode, associate the Track module with the VRRP VF to
implement the following functions:
Change the priority of the AVF according to its uplink state. When the uplink of the AVF fails, the
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track entry changes to Negative state and the weight of the AVF decreases by a user-specified value
so that the VF with a higher priority becomes the new AVF to forward packets.
• Monitor the AVF status from the LVF, which refers to the VF in listening state. When the AVF fails, the
LVF that is operating in switchover mode becomes the new AVF to ensure continuous forwarding.
Follow these guidelines when you associate Track with VRRP:
• VRRP tracking is not valid on an IP address owner. An IP address owner refers to a router when the
IP address of the virtual router is the IP address of an interface on the router in the VRRP group.
When the status of the track entry changes from Negative to Positive or NotReady, the associated
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router or VF restores its priority automatically.
You can associate a nonexistent track entry with a VRRP group or VF. The association takes effect
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only after you use the track command to create the track entry.
To associate Track with VRRP group:
Step
1. Enter system view.
2. Enter interface view.
3. Associate a track entry with a
VRRP group.
Command
system-view
interface interface-type
interface-number
vrrp [ ipv6 ] vrid virtual-router-id
track track-entry-number [ reduced
priority-reduced | switchover ]
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Remarks
N/A
N/A
No track entry is specified for a
VRRP group by default.
This command is supported when
VRRP is operating in both standard
mode and load balancing mode.