HP VPN Firewall Appliances High Availability Configuration Guide

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Run Method : Virtual MAC
Total number of virtual routers : 1
Interface GigabitEthernet0/1
VRID : 1 Adver Timer : 1
Admin Status : Up State : Master
Config Pri : 110 Running Pri : 110
Preempt Mode : Yes Delay Time : 5
Auth Type : None
Virtual IP : 202.38.160.111
Virtual MAC : 0000-5e00-0101
Master IP : 202.38.160.1
# Display the detailed information about VRRP group 1 on Firewall B.
[FirewallB-GigabitEthernet0/1] display vrrp verbose
IPv4 Standby Information:
Run Mode : Standard
Run Method : Virtual MAC
Total number of virtual routers : 1
Interface GigabitEthernet0/1
VRID : 1 Adver Timer : 1
Admin Status : Up State : Backup
Config Pri : 100 Running Pri : 100
Preempt Mode : Yes Delay Time : 5
Become Master : 4200ms left
Auth Type : None
Virtual IP : 202.38.160.111
Master IP : 202.38.160.1
The output shows that in VRRP group 1 Firewall A is the master, Firewall B is the backup and
packets sent from Host A to Host B are forwarded by Firewall A.
If Firewall A fails, you can still ping Host B successfully on Host A. To view the detailed information
about the VRRP group on Firewall B, use the display vrrp verbose command.
# If Firewall A fails, display the detailed information about VRRP group 1 on Firewall B.
[FirewallB-GigabitEthernet0/1] display vrrp verbose
IPv4 Standby Information:
Run Mode : Standard
Run Method : Virtual MAC
Total number of virtual routers : 1
Interface GigabitEthernet0/1
VRID : 1 Adver Timer : 1
Admin Status : Up State : Master
Config Pri : 100 Running Pri : 100
Preempt Mode : Yes Delay Time : 5
Auth Type : None
Virtual IP : 202.38.160.111
Virtual MAC : 0000-5e00-0101
Master IP : 202.38.160.2
The output shows that if Firewall A fails, Firewall B becomes the master, and packets sent from host
A to host B are forwarded by Firewall B.