F3215-HP Load Balancing Module High Availability Configuration Guide-6PW101

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Configuring IPv6 VRRP
IPv6 VRRP can be configured only at the CLI.
IPv6 VRRP configuration task list
Task Remarks
Configuring a VRRP working mode Optional.
Specifying the type of MAC addresses mapped to virtual IPv6
addresses
Optional.
This configuration does not apply to VRRP
load balancing mode.
Creating a VRRP group and configuring a virtual IPv6 address Required.
Configuring router priority, preemptive mode and tracking
function
Optional.
Configuring VF tracking
Optional.
This configuration applies to only VRRP load
balancing mode.
Configuring VRRP packet attributes Optional.
Specifying the type of MAC addresses mapped to virtual IPv6
addresses
After you specify the type of MAC addresses mapped to the virtual IPv6 address of VRRP groups and
create a VRRP group, the master in the VRRP group uses the specified type of MAC address as the source
MAC address for sending packets and uses the specified type of MAC address to answer ND requests
from hosts so that the hosts in the internal network can learn the mapping between the IPv6 address and
the MAC address.
The following types of MAC addresses are available to be mapped to the virtual IPv6 address of a VRRP
group:
• Virtual MAC address—By default, a virtual MAC address is automatically created for a VRRP group
when the VRRP group is created, and the virtual IPv6 address of the VRRP group is mapped to the
virtual MAC address. When such a mapping is adopted, the hosts in the internal network do not
need to update the mapping between the IPv6 address and the MAC address when the master
changes.
• Real MAC address of an interface—In case that an IP address owner exists in a VRRP group, if the
virtual IPv6 address is mapped to the virtual MAC address, two MAC addresses are mapped to one
IPv6 address. To avoid such as problem, map the virtual IPv6 address of the VRRP group to the real
MAC address of an interface to forward the packets from a host to the IP address owner.
When VRRP operates in load balancing mode, a virtual IPv6 address is always mapped to a virtual MAC
address regardless of which type of MAC addresses are specified to be mapped to virtual IPv6
addresses.
Specify the type of the MAC addresses mapped to the virtual IPv6 addresses before creating a VRRP
group. Otherwise, you cannot change the type of the MAC addresses mapped to virtual IPv6 addresses.