Routing Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
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VRRP+ can be configured to probe a specified IP address by either sending an ICMP echo request
(ping) or attempting to open a TCP socket to the IP address.
Configure VRRP
This section describes how to configure VRRPon a IX30 device.
Required configuration items
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Enable VRRP.
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The interface used by VRRP.
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The Router ID that identifies the virtual router instance. The Router ID must be the same on all
VRRP devices that participate in the same VRRP device pool.
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The VRRP priority of this device.
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The shared virtual IP address for the VRRP virtual router. Devices connected to the LAN will use
this virtual IP address as their default gateway.
See Configure VRRP+ for information about configuring VRRP+, an extension to VRRP that uses
network probing to monitor connections through VRRP-enabled devices and dynamically change the
VRRP priorty of devices based on the status of their network connectivity.
Web
1. Log into Digi Remote Manager, or log into the local Web UI as a user with full Admin access
rights.
2. Access the device configuration:
Remote Manager:
a. Locate your device as described in Use Digi Remote Manager to view and manage your
device.
b. Click the Device ID.
c. Click Settings.
d. Click to expand Config.
Local Web UI:
a. On the menu, click System. Under Configuration, click Device Configuration.
The Configuration window is displayed.