Troubleshooting Guide

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4. When VRRP is enabled on two routing switches, the master-backup relationship forms with
one router taking the responsibility of routing. If the master-backup relationship is not formed
between the VRRP virtual routers, look for the following trace messages to ensure that the
master is sending the advertisements correctly and the backup is processing them. On the
master router, look for the following RCIP6 trace messages.
tMainTask RCIP6: rcip6_vrrp.c: 5118: VRF name: GlobalRouter (VRF
id 0): ipv6VrrpTic: Am Master for Vrid 200 on IfIndex 2053 Timer 1
If VRRP is enabled on the interface, this timer kicks off every second and shows the state
for the VRID.
[11/18/09 15:08:20:383] tMainTask RCIP6: rcip6_vrrp.c: 5924:
ipv6VrrpSendAdvertisement: for Vrid 200 on IfIndex 2053
[11/18/09 15:08:20:583] tMainTask RCIP6: rcip6_vrrp.c: 5175: VRF
name: GlobalRouter (VRF id 0): ipv6VrrpTic:
ipv6VrrpSendAdvertisement
The preceding trace messages show that the VRRP master is sending the advertisements
correctly at the end of advertisement interval for a VRID.
5. On the backup router, look for the following RCIP6 trace messages.
tMainTask RCIP6: rcip6_vrrp.c: 5236: VRF name: GlobalRouter (VRF
id 0): ipv6VrrpTic: Am Backup for VrId 200 on IfIndex 2052 Timer 1
tMainTask RCIP6: rcip6_vrrp.c: 4854: ipv6VrrpIn: Vrid 200 on
IfIndex 2052
tMainTask RCIP6: rcip6_vrrp.c: 5545: VRF name: GlobalRouter (VRF
id 0): rcIpVrrpProcessAdvt: Am backup for Vrid 200 on IfIndex 2052
The preceding trace messages show that the backup router is receiving the advertisements
sent by the master and correctly processing them.
Risks associated with enabling trace messages
When traces are enabled on VRRP master, VrrpTic messages are logged for every second and any
other configured traces keep displaying, so there is no guarantee that the backup will receive the
advertisement from the master within 3 seconds, so it can transit to master also. There is also the
risk of toggling of VRRP states (from backup to master and back again).
Enable the limited traces based on whichever is required.
Risks associated with enabling trace messages
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