Users Guide
15 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)...................................................................................................269
Protocol Overview.........................................................................................................................................................269
Ring Status............................................................................................................................................................... 270
Multiple FRRP Rings................................................................................................................................................270
Important FRRP Points............................................................................................................................................271
Important FRRP Concepts..................................................................................................................................... 272
Implementing FRRP.......................................................................................................................................................273
FRRP Conguration.......................................................................................................................................................273
Creating the FRRP Group.......................................................................................................................................273
Conguring the Control VLAN............................................................................................................................... 274
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs.......................................................................................................275
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................276
Clearing the FRRP Counters.................................................................................................................................. 276
Viewing the FRRP Conguration........................................................................................................................... 276
Viewing the FRRP Information...............................................................................................................................276
Troubleshooting FRRP...................................................................................................................................................277
Conguration Checks.............................................................................................................................................. 277
Sample Conguration and Topology............................................................................................................................ 277
FRRP Support on VLT...................................................................................................................................................278
Example Scenario.....................................................................................................................................................279
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 280
16 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP).............................................................................................. 281
Important Points to Remember.................................................................................................................................... 281
Congure GVRP.............................................................................................................................................................282
Related Conguration Tasks................................................................................................................................... 282
Enabling GVRP Globally................................................................................................................................................ 283
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface........................................................................................................................283
Congure GVRP Registration.......................................................................................................................................283
Congure a GARP Timer.............................................................................................................................................. 284
RPM Redundancy..........................................................................................................................................................284
17 High Availability (HA)................................................................................................................................286
Component Redundancy.............................................................................................................................................. 286
Automatic and Manual Stack Unit Failover.......................................................................................................... 286
Synchronization between Management and Standby Units.............................................................................. 287
Forcing a Stack Unit Failover..................................................................................................................................287
Specifying an Auto-Failover Limit.......................................................................................................................... 288
Disabling Auto-Reboot............................................................................................................................................ 288
Manually Synchronizing Management and Standby Units................................................................................. 288
Pre-Conguring a Stack Unit Slot............................................................................................................................... 288
Removing a Provisioned Logical Stack Unit............................................................................................................... 289
Hitless Behavior............................................................................................................................................................. 289
Graceful Restart.............................................................................................................................................................289
Software Resiliency.......................................................................................................................................................290
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