VRRP

Layer 3 Management > VRRP > VRRP Global Settings

• VRRP Version—select the VRRP Version. The default is Version 2. Options are:
  • Version 2—sets the version for VRRP as version 2.
  • Version 2 and 3—sets the version for VRRP as version 2 and 3.
  • Version 3—sets the version for VRRP as version 3
  Note:

  VRRP Version cannot be downgraded i.e. when VRRP version is set as V3, the VRRP version in the router cannot be configured to V2 or V2and3.

• VRRP Status—select the VRRP Status. The default option is Disabled. The list contains:
  • Enabled—enables VRRP in the router.
  • Disabled—disables VRRP in the router.
• Auth Deprecate Status—select an option to enable or disable authentication status. The default option is Enabled. The list contains:
  • Enabled—sets the authentication to Type 0 alone.
  • Disabled—sets the authentication to any one of the values Type 0–2 and the authentication feature is compatible with RFC 2338.
  Note:

  Auth Deprecate Configuration is valid with V2 VRRP version enabled.

• Notification Control—select the SNMP trap generation status for the specified VRRP Router. The default option is Disabled. The list contains:
  • Enabled—enables the VRRP router to generate SNMP traps.
  • Disabled—disables the VRRP router from generating SNMP traps.

• Add—adds and saves new configuration.

Layer 3 Management > VRRP > IF Track Settings

• Select—click to select the group number for which the configuration need to be deleted.
• Group number/ Group No—enter the Group Number to have its track settings configured for the specified interface. The default value is 0. This value ranges from 1 to 4294967295.
• No. of Link/No. of Links—enter the number of links to be tracked. The default value is 0. This value range is from 1 to 255.
  Note:

  Tracked Links count should be lesser than or equal to the tracked interfaces created.

• Interface—select the interface from the list of VLAN interfaces already created and map the virtual router.

• ADD—adds and saves new configuration.
• Delete—deletes the selected entry.

Layer 3 Management > VRRP > IP Track Settings

• Query Delay—enter the delay between consecutive tracking queries; default is 5.
• Pings Per Query—number of pings per tracking query. The default value is 5.
• Query Success—enter the number of successful pings per tracking query for it to be a success. The default value is 4.
• Ping Frequency—frequency of pings in a query (pings/second); default is 2.
• Success—enter the number of consecutive successful tracking queries for raising the priority; the default is 5.
• Failure—enter the number of failed tracking queries for lowering the priority; the default is 2.
• Group number/ Group No—enter the Group Number to have its IP track settings configured for the specified interface. The default value is 0. This value ranges from 1 to 4294967295.
• IP Address—enter the IP Address.

• ADD—adds and saves new configuration.
• Delete—deletes the selected entry.

Layer 3 Management > VRRP > VRRP Virtual Router Settings

• Select—click to select the virtual router for which the configurations need to be modified or deleted.
• Virtual Router ID—enter the virtual ID associated with each virtual router. This value ranges from 1 to 255.

• Interface—select the interface from the list of available VLAN interfaces to configure the virtual router.
  Note:

  VLAN interfaces can be created by using Layer 3 Management > IP >VLAN Interface screen, and IP can be assigned using Layer 3 Management > IP >IPV4 Address Configuration screen.

• Address Type—select the Address Type for configuring the virtual router. The default option is IPv4, which sets the address type as IPv4 for configuring the virtual router.
• Primary IP Address—enter the Primary IP Address for the virtual router. This is the IP address listed as the source in VRRP advertisement last received by this virtual router.
  Note: The Primary IP should the same as the Interface IP when address type is set as IPv4.
  Note: Primary IP address can be configured when VRRP Version in the router is set as Version 2 and 3 or Version 3 in the VRRP Global Settings screen (Layer 3 Management > VRRP > VRRP Global Settings)
• Priority—enter the priority to be used for the virtual router master election process. This value ranges from 1 to 254. The default value is 100.
• Authentication Type—select the authentication type for the VRRP Protocol exchanges. The default option is no Authentication. Options are:
  • no Authentication/no Auth—configures the authentication type as No Authentication. This implies that the VRRP protocol exchanges are not authenticated.
  • Simple Text Password/Simple Txt—configures the authentication type as No Authentication. This implies that the VRRP protocol exchanges are authenticated by a clear text password.
  Note: Simple Text Password can be configured only when VRRP AuthDeprecate flag is disabled.
  Note: Authentication Type configuration is valid when VRRP version enabled is v2.
• Authentication Key—enter the authentication key for the virtual router. This field is an octet string of maximum size 16.
  Note:

  This configuration is effective only if the Authentication type is Simple Text Password.

  Note:

  Authentication key configuration is valid when VRRP version enabled is v2

• Advertisement Timer unit—select the timer unit in which advertisement packets are sent. The list contains:
  • sec—sets the advertisement timer unit as seconds.
  • msec—sets the advertisement timer unit as milliseconds.

• Advertisement Interval—enter the time interval (in seconds) for sending the advertisement packets. Only the master router sends the VRRP Advertisements. This value ranges from 1 to 255 seconds. The default value is 1 second.
  Note:

  For version 2, the advertisement interval can be both in seconds and milliseconds, i.e. for seconds the value range is from 1 to 255 seconds, and for milliseconds the value range is from 100 to 255000 millisecond.

  Note:

  For version 3, the advertisement interval should be in milliseconds, and should start from 1 millisecond.

• Preemption—select the option to enable or disable pre-emption of state change from either Backup to Master or vice versa based on election process. This controls whether a higher priority virtual router will pre-empt a lower priority master. The default option is Enable. Options are:
  • Enable—enables Accept-mode for the specified interface.
  • Disable—disables pre-emption of state change from either Backup to Master or vice versa based on the election process.
• Accept-mode—select the option to enable or disable accept mode for the specified interface. The default option is Disable. The list contains:
  • Enable—enables Accept-mode for the specified interface.
  • Disable—disables Accept-mode for the specified interface.
• Track Group Number / Group No—enter the group number to configure track settings for the specified interface. The default value is 0.
• Decrement Priority—enter the value to configure the decrement priority for the specified interface. The default value is 0. This value range is from 0 to 254.
• Virtual MAC—displays the virtual MAC address for the specified interface.
• Master IP Addressdisplays the master IP address for the specified interface.
• Operational State—displays the current state of the virtual router. This is a read-only field. The list contains:
  • Initialize—specifies that the virtual router is waiting for a start-up event.
  • Backup—specifies that the virtual router is monitoring the availability of the master router.
  • Master—specifies that the virtual router is forwarding packets for IP addresses that are associated with the router.
• Admin Status—adds and saves new configuration.
  • Up—changes the state of the virtual router from Initialize to Backup or Master based on the priority value.
  • Down—changes the state of the virtual router from Master or Backup to Initialize.

• Add—adds and saves new configuration.
• Reset—resets to default value for respective fields and discards all user input.
• Apply—modifies attributes for the selected entry and saves the changes.
• Delete—deletes the selected entry.

Layer 3 Management > VRRP > Associated IP

• Select—click to select the virtual router for which the configuration need to be deleted.
• Virtual Router ID—displays the virtual ID associated with each virtual router. This value ranges from 1 to 255.
• Interface—displays the interface from the list of available VLAN interfaces to configure the virtual router.
  Note:

  Interface value can be created by using Layer 3 Management > IP >VLAN Interface screen, and IP can be assigned using Layer 3 Management > IP >IPV4 Addr Conf screen.

• Address type— displays the Address type for configuring the virtual router. The list contains:
  • IPv4—sets the address type as IPv4 for configuring the virtual router.
  • IPv6—sets the address type as IPv6 for configuring the virtual router.

• Secondary IP Address—enter the Secondary IP Address for the virtual router.
  Note:

  A Primary IP Address must be set up first Otherwise the following error message is appear.

  
  
  
  Note:

  Secondary IP address should have same mask ip as of the Primary IP Address.

• Associated IP—displays the IP address which is associated with the virtual router.
  Note:

  This field populates the Secondary IP Address which is configured for the interface using the VRRP virtual router settings screen. (Layer 3 Management > VRRP > VRRP Virtual Router Settings).

• ADD—adds and saves new configuration.
  Note:

  When the entry is added in this table, the added entry is automatically added in the VRRP Virtual Router Setting screen

• Delete—deleted the selected entry.
  Note:

  When the entry is deleted, the entry in the VRRP Virtual Router Setting screen is also deleted.