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The Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRPv2/VRRPv3) is a standard router redundancy protocol
supported in IPv4/IPv6, based on RFC 3768 and RFC 2787. It provides redundancy by eliminating the
single point of failure inherent in a default route
controls the IPv4/IPv6 address associated with a virtual router is called the master router, and is responsi-
ble for forwarding virtual router advertisements. If the master router becomes unavailable, the highest
priority backup router will transition to the master state. The Alcatel-Lucent implementation of VRRP also
supports the collective management of virtual routers on a switch.
Note. This VRRPv3 implementation is based on the latest Internet Draft, Virtual Router Redundancy
Protocol for IPv6, September 2004.
Note. RFC 3768, which obsoletes RFC 2338, does not include support for authentication types. As a
result, configuring VRRP authentication is no longer supported in this release.
In This Chapter
This chapter describes VRRPv2/VRRPv3 and how to configure it through the Command Line Interface
(CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for more details about the syntax of
commands, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
This chapter provides an overview of VRRP and includes information about the following:
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Virtual routers—see
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IP addresses for virtual routers—see
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VRRP advertisement interval—see
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Virtual router priority—see
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Preempting virtual routers—see
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VRRP traps—see
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Configuring Collective Management
ity" on page 18-14
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Verifying the VRRP configuration—see
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VRRPv3 Virtual routers—see
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IPv6 addresses for VRRPv3 virtual routers—see
Router" on page
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Network Configuration Guide
18 Configuring VRRP
"Creating/Deleting a Virtual Router" on page
"Specifying an IP Address for a Virtual Router" on page
"Configuring the Advertisement Interval" on page
"Configuring Virtual Router Priority" on page
"Setting Preemption for Virtual Routers" on page
"Setting VRRP Traps" on page
Functionality—"Configuring Collective Management Functional-
"Verifying the VRRP Configuration" on page
"VRRPv3 Configuration Overview" on page
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