Vrrp; Configure Vrrp - Digi IX10 User Manual

Routing
virtual router is mapped to the backup device with the next highest priority. Each VRRP router is
configured with a unique LAN IP address, and the same shared VRRP address.

VRRP+

VRRP+ is an extension to the VRRP standard that uses network probing to monitor connections
through VRRP-enabled devices and can dynamically change the priority of the devices, including
changing devices from master to backup, and from backup to master, even if the device has not failed.
For example, if a host becomes unreachable on the far end of a network link, then the physical default
gateway can be changed by adjusting the VRRP priority of the IX10 device connected to the failing link.
This provides failover capabilities based on the status of connections behind the router, in addition to
the basic VRRP device failover. For IX10 devices,
VRRP+ can be configured to probe a specified IP address by either sending an ICMP echo request
(ping) or attempting to open a TCP socket to the IP address.

Configure VRRP

This section describes how to configure VRRP on a IX10 device.
Required configuration items
Enable VRRP.
n
The interface used by VRRP.
n
The Router ID that identifies the virtual router instance. The Router ID must be the same on all
n
VRRP devices that participate in the same VRRP device pool.
The VRRP priority of this device.
n
The shared virtual IP address for the VRRP virtual router. Devices connected to the LAN will use
n
this virtual IP address as their default gateway.
See Configure VRRP+
network probing to monitor connections through VRRP-enabled devices and dynamically change the
VRRP priorty of devices based on the status of their network connectivity.

WebUI
1. Log into the IX10 WebUI as a user with full Admin access rights.
2. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration.
The Configuration window is displayed.
3. Click Network > VRRP.
IX10 User Guide
for information about configuring VRRP+, an extension to VRRP that uses
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
SureLink is used to probe network connections.
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