Concept Guide

15 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)................................................................................................... 303
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................303
Ring Status............................................................................................................................................................... 304
Multiple FRRP Rings............................................................................................................................................... 304
Important FRRP Points...........................................................................................................................................305
Important FRRP Concepts.....................................................................................................................................306
Implementing FRRP.......................................................................................................................................................307
FRRP Conguration.......................................................................................................................................................307
Creating the FRRP Group.......................................................................................................................................307
Conguring the Control VLAN...............................................................................................................................308
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs...................................................................................................... 309
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................ 310
Clearing the FRRP Counters...................................................................................................................................310
Viewing the FRRP Conguration............................................................................................................................310
Viewing the FRRP Information............................................................................................................................... 310
Troubleshooting FRRP.................................................................................................................................................... 311
Conguration Checks............................................................................................................................................... 311
Sample Conguration and Topology............................................................................................................................. 311
FRRP Support on VLT................................................................................................................................................... 312
Example Scenario..................................................................................................................................................... 313
Important Points to Remember.............................................................................................................................. 314
16 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP).............................................................................................. 315
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................................... 315
Congure GVRP............................................................................................................................................................. 316
Related Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................316
Enabling GVRP Globally................................................................................................................................................. 317
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface.........................................................................................................................317
Congure GVRP Registration....................................................................................................................................... 317
Congure a GARP Timer............................................................................................................................................... 318
RPM Redundancy...........................................................................................................................................................318
17 High Availability (HA)................................................................................................................................320
Component Redundancy.............................................................................................................................................. 320
Automatic and Manual Stack Unit Failover.......................................................................................................... 320
Synchronization between Management and Standby Units...............................................................................321
Forcing a Stack Unit Failover.................................................................................................................................. 321
Specifying an Auto-Failover Limit.......................................................................................................................... 322
Disabling Auto-Reboot............................................................................................................................................ 322
Pre-Conguring a Stack Unit Slot............................................................................................................................... 322
Removing a Provisioned Logical Stack Unit............................................................................................................... 322
Hitless Behavior............................................................................................................................................................. 322
Graceful Restart.............................................................................................................................................................323
Software Resiliency....................................................................................................................................................... 323
Software Component Health Monitoring............................................................................................................. 323
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