Administrator Guide

Implementing FRRP
• FRRP is media and speed independent.
• FRRP is a Dell proprietary protocol that does not interoperate with any other vendor.
• You must disable the spanning tree protocol (STP) on both the Primary and Secondary interfaces before you can enable FRRP.
• All ring ports must be Layer 2 ports. This is required for both Master and Transit nodes.
• A VLAN congured as a control VLAN for a ring cannot be congured as a control or member VLAN for any other ring.
• The control VLAN is not used to carry any data trac; it carries only RHFs.
• The control VLAN cannot have members that are not ring ports.
• If multiple rings share one or more member VLANs, they cannot share any links between them.
• Member VLANs across multiple rings are not supported in Master nodes.
• Each ring has only one Master node; all others are transit nodes.
FRRP Conguration
These are the tasks to congure FRRP.
• Creating the FRRP Group
• Conguring the Control VLAN
• Congure Primary and Secondary ports
• Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs
• Congure Primary and Secondary ports
• Setting the FRRP Timers
Other FRRP related commands are:
• Clearing the FRRP Counters
• Viewing the FRRP Conguration
• Viewing the FRRP Information
Creating the FRRP Group
Create the FRRP group on each switch in the ring.
To create the FRRP group, use the command.
• Create the FRRP group with this Ring ID.
CONFIGURATION mode
protocol frrp ring-id
Ring ID: the range is from 1 to 255.
Conguring the Control VLAN
Control and member VLANS are congured normally for Layer 2. Their status as control or member is determined at the FRRP group
commands.
For more information about conguring VLANS in Layer 2 mode, refer to Layer 2.
Be sure to follow these guidelines:
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