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Chapter 16 Configuring Object Tracking
Information About Object Tracking
• Hot Standby Redundancy Protocol (HSRP)
• Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
The object tracking monitors the status of the tracked objects and communicates any changes made to
interested clients. Each tracked object is identified by a unique number that clients can use to configure
the action to take when a tracked object changes state.
Cisco NX-OS tracks the following object types:
• Interface line protocol state—Tracks whether the line protocol state is up or down.
• Interface IP routing state—Tracks whether the interface has an IPv4 address and if IPv4 routing is
enabled and active.
• IP route reachability—Tracks whether an Ipv4 route exists and is reachable from the local switch.
For example, you can configure HSRP to track the line protocol of the interface that connects one of the
redundant routers to the rest of the network. If that link protocol goes down, you can modify the priority
of the affected HSRP router.
Object Track List
An object track list allows you to track the combined states of multiple objects. Object track lists support
the following capabilities:
• Boolean "and" function—Each object defined within the track list t must be in an up state so that
the track list object can become up.
• Boolean "or" function—At least one object defined within the track list must be in an up state so
that the tracked object can become up.
• Threshold percentage—The percentage of up objects in the tracked list must be greater than the
configured up threshold for the tracked list to be in the up state. If the percentage of down objects
in the tracked list is above the configured track list down threshold, the tracked list is marked as
down.
• Threshold weight—Assign a weight value to each object in the tracked list, and a weight threshold
for the track list. If the combined weights of all up objects exceeds the track list weight up threshold,
the track list is in an up state. If the combined weights of all the down objects exceeds the track list
weight down threshold, the track list is in the down state.
See the “Configuring an Object Track List with a Boolean Expression” section on page 16-6 for more
information on track lists.
Virtualization Support
Object tracking supports Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instances. By default, Cisco NX-OS
places you in the default VRF unless you specifically configure another VRF. By default, Cisco NX-OS
tracks the route reachability state of objects in the default VRF. If you want to track objects in another
VRF, you must configure the object to be a member of that VRF (see the “Configuring Object Tracking
for a Nondefault VRF” section on page 16-12).
For more information, see Chapter 11, “Configuring Layer 3 Virtualization.”