Alcatel-Lucent omniaccess User Manual
Configuring Redundancy
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Chapter 4
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Enter the various VRRP parameters for the VRRP instance. The table below
explains what each of the parameters means and the recom-
mended/expected values for this configuration.
mended/expected values for this configuration.
Parameter
Explanation
Expected/Recommended
Values
Values
Virtual Router
ID
This is the Virtual Router ID
that uniquely identifies this
VRRP instance.
that uniquely identifies this
VRRP instance.
Recommended to configure
this with the same value as the
VLAN ID for easy
administration.
this with the same value as the
VLAN ID for easy
administration.
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Interval
This is the interval between
successive VRRP
advertisements sent by the
current master
successive VRRP
advertisements sent by the
current master
Recommended to leave as
default (1000ms = 1s).
default (1000ms = 1s).
Authentication
Password
This is an optional password
that can be used to
authenticate VRRP peers in
their advertisements
that can be used to
authenticate VRRP peers in
their advertisements
A password of up to 8
characters length can be
configured in this field or it can
be left empty to take the
default of no authentication
password.
characters length can be
configured in this field or it can
be left empty to take the
default of no authentication
password.
Description
This is an optional textual
description to describe the
VRRP instance
description to describe the
VRRP instance
IP Address
This is the Virtual IP address
that will be owned by the
elected VRRP master.
that will be owned by the
elected VRRP master.
Configure this with the Virtual
IP address reserved in step i.
IP address reserved in step i.