Administrator Guide

• 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 Configuration
These are the tasks to configure FRRP.
• Creating the FRRP Group
• Configuring the Control VLAN
• Configure Primary and Secondary ports
• Configuring and Adding the Member VLANs
• Configure Primary and Secondary ports
• Setting the FRRP Timers
Other FRRP related commands are:
• Clearing the FRRP Counters
• Viewing the FRRP Configuration
• 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.
Configuring the Control VLAN
Control and member VLANS are configured normally for Layer 2. Their status as control or member is
determined at the FRRP group commands.
For more information about configuring VLANS in Layer 2 mode, refer to Layer 2.
Be sure to follow these guidelines:
• All VLANS must be in Layer 2 mode.
• You can only add ring nodes to the VLAN.
• A control VLAN can belong to one FRRP group only.
• Tag control VLAN ports.
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