Concept Guide

15 Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)................................................................................................... 297
Protocol Overview......................................................................................................................................................... 297
Ring Status............................................................................................................................................................... 298
Multiple FRRP Rings............................................................................................................................................... 298
Important FRRP Points...........................................................................................................................................299
Important FRRP Concepts.....................................................................................................................................300
Implementing FRRP....................................................................................................................................................... 301
FRRP Conguration....................................................................................................................................................... 301
Creating the FRRP Group....................................................................................................................................... 301
Conguring the Control VLAN...............................................................................................................................302
Conguring and Adding the Member VLANs.......................................................................................................303
Setting the FRRP Timers........................................................................................................................................304
Clearing the FRRP Counters..................................................................................................................................304
Viewing the FRRP Conguration...........................................................................................................................304
Viewing the FRRP Information.............................................................................................................................. 304
Troubleshooting FRRP.................................................................................................................................................. 305
Conguration Checks..............................................................................................................................................305
Sample Conguration and Topology............................................................................................................................305
FRRP Support on VLT.................................................................................................................................................. 306
Example Scenario.....................................................................................................................................................307
Important Points to Remember............................................................................................................................. 308
16 GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP)..............................................................................................309
Important Points to Remember................................................................................................................................... 309
Congure GVRP............................................................................................................................................................. 310
Related Conguration Tasks....................................................................................................................................310
Enabling GVRP Globally..................................................................................................................................................311
Enabling GVRP on a Layer 2 Interface......................................................................................................................... 311
Congure GVRP Registration........................................................................................................................................311
Congure a GARP Timer............................................................................................................................................... 312
RPM Redundancy...........................................................................................................................................................312
17 High Availability (HA)................................................................................................................................ 314
Component Redundancy...............................................................................................................................................314
Automatic and Manual Stack Unit Failover........................................................................................................... 314
Synchronization between Management and Standby Units...............................................................................315
Forcing a Stack Unit Failover.................................................................................................................................. 315
Specifying an Auto-Failover Limit...........................................................................................................................316
Disabling Auto-Reboot.............................................................................................................................................316
Pre-Conguring a Stack Unit Slot................................................................................................................................316
Removing a Provisioned Logical Stack Unit................................................................................................................316
Hitless Behavior..............................................................................................................................................................316
Graceful Restart..............................................................................................................................................................317
Software Resiliency........................................................................................................................................................ 317
Software Component Health Monitoring.............................................................................................................. 317
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