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Configuring Router Redundancy
Router redundancy protocols use a virtual IP address to support a primary
router and multiple backup routers. The backup routers can be configured
to take over the workload if the master router fails, or can also be
configured to share the traffic load. The primary goal of router redundancy
is to allow a host device which has been configured with a fixed gateway to
maintain network connectivity in case the primary gateway goes down.
This switch supports both the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
(VRRP) and Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP). These pro tocols are
very similar. The primary difference is that VRRP requires you to specify
the interface of one of the routers participating in the virtual group as the
address for the master virtual router, while HSRP requires you to configure
an arbitrary address for the virtual master router. Both protocols then
select the backup routers based on the specified virtual router priority.
HSRP also includes the ability to dynamically modify the virtual router
priority based on the operational state of other interfaces on the router.
Router redundancy can be set up in any of the following configurations.
The following examples show configuration settings for VRRP. The only
difference for HSRP is that the virtual router IP address is never a real
address, and the master router is selected based on priority only.
A master virtual router with one or more backup routers.
Master Router Backup Router
VirtualRouter (VR23)
VRIP= 192.168.1.3
VRID23
IP(R1)= 192.168.1.3
IP(VR23)= 192.168.1.3
VRPriority = 255
VRID23
IP(R2)= 192.168.1.5
VRIP(VR23)= 192.168.1.3
VRPriority = 100