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Hot Standby Router Protocol and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol

This feature module describes the HOT Standby Router Protocol(HSRP) and Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol(VRRP) features. The Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) is a First Hop Redundancy Protocol (FHRP) designed to allow transparent fail-over of the first-hop IP router. HSRP provides high network availability by providing first-hop routing redundancy for IP hosts on Ethernet, Fiber Distributed Data Interface (FDDI), Bridge-Group Virtual Interface (BVI), LAN Emulation (LANE), or Token Ring networks configured with a default gateway IP address. HSRP is used in a group of routers for selecting an active router and a standby router.

The Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) eliminates the single point of failure inherent in the static default routed environment . VRRP is not an election protocol in itself; rather it specifies an election protocol that dynamically assigns responsibility for a virtual router.

Finding Feature Information

Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest feature information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release. To find information about the features documented in this module, and to see a list of the releases in which each feature is supported, see the “Feature Information for HSRP and VRRP” section on page 27-11.

Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image support. To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not required.

Contents

Information About HSRP and VRRP, page 27-2

How to Configure HSRP, page 27-3

Configuration Examples for HSRP, page 27-5

How to Configure VRRP, page 27-6

Configuration Examples for VRRP, page 27-8

Where to Go Next

Additional References, page 27-9

 

 

Cisco ASR 901 Series Aggregation Services Router Software Configuration Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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