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Figure 36 IPv4/IPv6 VRRPv3 packet format
A VRRP packet comprises the following fields:
 Version—Version number of the protocol, 2 for IPv4 VRRPv2 and 3 for other VRRP versions.
 Type—Type of the VRRP packet. It must be VRRP advertisement, represented by 1.
 Virtual Rtr ID (VRID)—ID of the virtual router. It ranges from 1 to 255.
 Priority—Priority of the router in the VRRP group, in the range 0 to 255. A greater value
represents a higher priority.
 Count IP Addrs/Count IPv6 Addrs—Number of virtual IPv4 or IPv6 addresses for the VRRP group.
A VRRP group can have multiple virtual IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.
 Auth Type—Authentication type. For IPv4 VRRPv2, 0 means no authentication, 1 means simple
text authentication, and 2 means MD5 authentication. For IPv6 VRRPv2, 0 means no
authentication and 1 means simple text authentication. IPv4/IPv6 VRRPv3 does not support
authentication, and this field is reserved.
 Adver Int—Interval for sending advertisement packets. For IPv4 VRRPv2, the interval is in seconds
and defaults to 1. For other VRRP versions, the interval is in centiseconds and defaults to 100.
 Checksum—16-bit checksum for validating the data in VRRP packets.
 IP Address/IPv6 Address—Virtual IPv4 or IPv6 address entry of the VRRP group. The Count IP
Addrs or Count IPv6 Addrs field defines the number of virtual IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.
 Authentication Data—Authentication key. This field is used only for simple authentication and is
0 for any other authentication mode. IPv4/IPv6 VRRPv3 packets do not provide this field.
VRRP principles
 Routers in a VRRP group determine their roles by priority. The router with the highest priority is
the master, and the others are the backups. The master periodically sends VRRP advertisements
to notify the backups that it is working correctly, and each of the backups starts a timer to wait
for advertisements from the master.
 In preemptive mode, when a backup receives a VRRP advertisement, it compares the priority in
the packet with its own priority. If the priority of the backup is higher, the backup becomes the
master. Otherwise, it remains as a backup. In preemptive mode, a VRRP group always has the
router with the highest priority as the master for forwarding packets.
 In non-preemptive mode, a backup with higher priority than the master does not preempt the
master if the master correctly working. The non-preemptive mode avoids frequent switchover
between the master and backups.
Version Type Virtual Rtr ID Priority Count IP Addrs
(rsvd) Max Adver Int Checksum
IPvX Address(es)
0 7 15 23 313
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