15 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)....................................................................................................271
Protocol Overview..........................................................................................................................................................271
Ring Status............................................................................................................................................................... 272
Multiple FRRP Rings................................................................................................................................................272
Important FRRP Points........................................................................................................................................... 273
Important FRRP Concepts......................................................................................................................................274
Implementing FRRP.......................................................................................................................................................275
FRRP Conguration.......................................................................................................................................................275
Creating the FRRP Group.......................................................................................................................................275
Conguring the Control VLAN............................................................................................................................... 276
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs....................................................................................................... 277
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................ 278
Clearing the FRRP Counters.................................................................................................................................. 278
Viewing the FRRP Conguration........................................................................................................................... 278
Viewing the FRRP Information...............................................................................................................................278
Troubleshooting FRRP...................................................................................................................................................279
Conguration Checks..............................................................................................................................................279
Sample Conguration and Topology............................................................................................................................ 279
FRRP Support on VLT...................................................................................................................................................280
Example Scenario..................................................................................................................................................... 281
Important Points to Remember..............................................................................................................................282
16 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)..............................................................................................283
Important Points to Remember....................................................................................................................................283
Congure GVRP............................................................................................................................................................ 284
Related Conguration Tasks................................................................................................................................... 284
Enabling GVRP Globally................................................................................................................................................ 285
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface........................................................................................................................285
Congure GVRP Registration...................................................................................................................................... 285
Congure a GARP Timer.............................................................................................................................................. 286
RPM Redundancy..........................................................................................................................................................286
17 High Availability (HA)................................................................................................................................288
Component Redundancy.............................................................................................................................................. 288
Automatic and Manual Stack Unit Failover.......................................................................................................... 288
Synchronization between Management and Standby Units..............................................................................289
Forcing a Stack Unit Failover................................................................................................................................. 289
Specifying an Auto-Failover Limit..........................................................................................................................290
Disabling Auto-Reboot............................................................................................................................................ 290
Manually Synchronizing Management and Standby Units.................................................................................290
Pre-Conguring a Stack Unit Slot............................................................................................................................... 290
Removing a Provisioned Logical Stack Unit............................................................................................................... 290
Hitless Behavior..............................................................................................................................................................291
Graceful Restart............................................................................................................................................................. 291
Software Resiliency........................................................................................................................................................291
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