Specifications

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To enable, configure, and verify VRRP in IBM Networking OS switches, complete the
following steps:
1. Enable VRRP.
Run router vrrp to enter the VRRP configuration mode and enable to activate the
protocol on both AGG-1 and AGG-2 switches (Example 6-29).
Example 6-29 Enable VRRP
AGG-1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with Ctrl/Z.
AGG-1(config)#router vrrp
AGG-1(config-vrrp)#enable
AGG-2#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with Ctrl/Z.
AGG-2(config)#router vrrp
AGG-2(config-vrrp)#enable
2. Configure the virtual router:
a. Configure the virtual router ID (Example 6-30).
Up to 15 virtual router instances can be defined in IBM Networking OS V6.8.
Run virtual-router <1-15> virtual-router-id <1-255> in VRRP configuration
mode to define the the virtual router ID (VRID). To create a pool of VRRP-enabled
routing devices that can provide redundancy to each other, each participating VRRP
device must be configured with the same virtual router.
The VRID for standard virtual routers (where the virtual router IP address is not the
same as any virtual server) can be any integer 1 - 255. The default value is 1. All VRID
values must be unique within the VLAN to which the virtual router’s IP
interface belongs.
Example 6-30 Virtual router ID configuration
AGG-1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with Ctrl/Z.
AGG-1(config)#router vrrp
AGG-1(config-vrrp)#virtual-router 3 virtual-router-id 30
AGG-1(config-vrrp)#
AGG-2#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with Ctrl/Z.
AGG-2(config)#router vrrp
AGG-2(config-vrrp)#virtual-router 3 virtual-router-id 30
AGG-2(config-vrrp)#
b. Configure the virtual router IP address (Example 6-31).
Run [no] virtual-router <1-15> address <IP address> to define an IP address for
this virtual router by using dotted decimal notation. This address is used in conjunction
with the VRID to configure the same virtual router on each participating VRRP device.
The default address is 0.0.0.0.
Example 6-31 Virtual router IP address configuration
AGG-1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with Ctrl/Z.
AGG-1(config)#router vrrp