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Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP)

Overview

Force10 Resilient Ring Protocol (FRRP) is supported on Dell Force10 platforms, as

indicated by the characters that appear under each of the command headings:

E-Series,

c C-Series, s S-Series, , or .

FRRP is a proprietary protocol for that offers fast convergence in a Layer 2 network

without having to run the Spanning Tree Protocol. The Resilient Ring Protocol is an

efficient protocol that transmits a high-speed token across a ring to verify the link

status. All the intelligence is contained in the master node with practically no

intelligence required of the transit mode.

Commands

The FRRP commands are:

• clear frrp

• debug frrp

• description

• disable

• interface

• member-vlan

•mode

• protocol frrp

• show frrp

• timer

Important Points to Remember

• FRRP is media- and speed-independent.

• FRRP is a Dell Force10 proprietary protocol that does not interoperate with any

other vendor.

• Spanning Tree must be disabled on both primary and secondary interfaces before

Resilient Ring protocol is enabled.