Short-path-forwarding – Brocade Network OS Command Reference v4.1.0 User Manual

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short-path-forwarding

Enables short-path forwarding on a VRRP router.

Synopsis

short-path-forwarding [revert-priority number]

no short-path-forwarding

Operands

revert-priority number

Allows additional control over short-path-forwarding on a backup router. If
you configure this option, the revert-priority number acts as a threshold for
the current priority of the session, and only if the current priority is higher
than the revert-priority will the backup router be able to route frames. The
range of revert-priority is 1 to 254.

Defaults

Disabled

Command Modes

Virtual-router-group configuration mode

Description

Use this command to enable short-path forwarding on a VRRP router. Short-path forwarding
means that a backup physical router in a virtual router attempts to bypass the VRRP-E master
router and directly forward packets through interfaces on the backup router.

Usage Guidelines

This command can be used for VRRP-E, but not for VRRP. You can perform this configuration on a
virtual Ethernet (VE) interface only.

Enter no short-path-forwarding to remove this configuration.

Examples

To enable short-path-forwarding on a VRRP-E group:

switch(config)# rbridge-id 101

switch(config-rbridge-id-101)# int ve 25

switch(config-ve-25)# vrrp-extended-group 100

switch(config-vrrp-extended-group-100)# short-path-forwarding