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xStack DGS-3600 Series Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet Managed Switch CLI Manual
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VRRP COMMANDS
VRRP or Virtual Routing Redundancy Protocol is a function on the Switch that dynamically assigns responsibility for a virtual router
to one of the VRRP routers on a LAN. The VRRP router that controls the IP address associated with a virtual router is called the
Master, and will forward packets sent to this IP address. This will allow any Virtual Router IP address on the LAN to be used as the
default first hop router by end hosts. Utilizing VRRP, the administrator can achieve a higher available default path cost without
needing to configure every end host for dynamic routing or routing discovery protocols.
Statically configured default routes on the LAN are prone to a single point of failure. VRRP is designed to eliminate these failures by
setting an election protocol that will assign a responsibility for a virtual router to one of the VRRP routers on the LAN. When a
virtual router fails, the election protocol will select a virtual router with the highest priority to be the Master router on the LAN. This
retains the link and the connection is kept alive, regardless of the point of failure.
To configure VRRP for virtual routers on the Switch, an IP interface must be present on the system and it must be a part of a VLAN.
VRRP IP interfaces may be assigned to every VLAN, and therefore IP interface, on the Switch. VRRP routers within the same VRRP
group must be consistent in configuration settings for this protocol to function optimally.
The VRRP commands in the Command Line Interface (CLI) are listed, along with the appropriate parameters, in the following table.
Command Parameters
enable vrrp {ping}
disable vrrp {ping}
create vrrp vrid <vrid 1-255> ipif <ipif_name 12> ipaddress <ipaddr> {state
[enable | disable] | priority <int 1-254> | advertisement_interval
<int 1-255> | preempt [true | false] | critical_ip <ipaddr> |
critical_ip_state [enable | disable]}
config vrrp vrid <vrid 1-255> ipif <ipif_name 12> {state [enable | disable] |
priority <int 1-254> | ipaddress <ipaddr> |
advertisement_interval <int 1-255> | preempt [true | false] |
critical_ip <ipaddr> | critical_ip_state [enable | disable]}
config vrrp ipif <ipif_name 12> [authtype [none | simple authdata <string 8> | ip
authdata <string 16>]]
show vrrp {ipif <ipif_name 12> {vrid <vrid 1-255>}
delete vrrp {vrid <vrid 1-255> ipif <ipif_name 12>}
Each command is listed, in detail, in the following sections.
enable vrrp
Purpose To enable the VRRP function on the Switch.
Syntax
enable vrrp {ping}
Description This command will enable the VRRP function on the Switch.
Parameters {ping} – Adding this parameter to the command will allow the virtual
IP address to be pinged from other host end nodes to verify
connectivity. This will only enable the ping connectivity check
function. To enable the VRRP protocol on the Switch, omit this
parameter. This command is disabled by default.
Restrictions Only administrator-level users can issue this command.
Example Usage:
To enable VRRP globally on the Switch: