Figure 135. Basic VRRP Configuration
VRRP Benefits
With VRRP configured on a network, end-station connectivity to the network is not subject to a single
point-of-failure. End-station connections to the network are redundant and are not dependent on
internal gateway protocol (IGP) protocols to converge or update routing tables.
VRRP Implementation
The MXL 10/40GbE Switch supports a total of 2000 VRRP groups on a switch and 255 VRRP groups per
interface
Within a single VRRP group, up to 12 virtual IP addresses are supported. Virtual IP addresses can belong to
the primary or secondary IP address’ subnet configured on the interface. You can ping all the virtual IP
addresses configured on the Master VRRP router from anywhere in the local subnet.
Default VRRP settings may affect the maximum number of groups that youcan configure and work
efficiently, as a result of hardware throttling VRRP advertisement packets reaching the CP on the MXL
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