Users Guide

• The control VLAN must be the same for all nodes on the ring.
To create the Members VLANs for this FRRP group, use the following commands on all of the Transit switches in the ring.
1 Create a VLAN with this ID number.
CONFIGURATION mode.
interface vlan vlan-id
VLAN ID: the range is from 1 to 4094.
2 Tag the specied interface or range of interfaces to this VLAN.
CONFIG-INT-VLAN mode.
tagged interface {range}
Interface:
• For a 1-GigabitEthernet interface, enter the keyword GigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
3 Assign the Primary and Secondary ports and the Control VLAN for the ports on the ring.
CONFIG-FRRP mode.
interface primary interface secondary interface control-vlan vlan id
Interface:
• For a 1-GigabitEthernet interface, enter the keyword GigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword TenGigabitEthernet then the slot/port information.
VLAN ID: Identication number of the Control VLAN.
4 Congure a Transit node.
CONFIG-FRRP mode.
mode transit
5 Identify the Member VLANs for this FRRP group.
CONFIG-FRRP mode.
member-vlan vlan-id {range}
VLAN-ID, Range: VLAN IDs for the ring’s Member VLANs.
6 Enable this FRRP group on this switch.
CONFIG-FRRP mode.
no disable
Setting the FRRP Timers
To set the FRRP timers, use the following command.
NOTE
: Set the Dead-Interval time 3 times the Hello-Interval.
• Enter the desired intervals for Hello-Interval or Dead-Interval times.
CONFIG-FRRP mode.
timer {hello-interval|dead-interval} milliseconds
• Hello-Interval: the range is from 50 to 2000, in increments of 50 (default is 500).
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