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Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP)

Table 68

displays the individual Brocade devices and the Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol

(VSRP) features they support.

VSRP is a proprietary protocol that provides redundancy and sub-second failover in Layer 2 mesh
topologies. Based on the Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol Extended (VRRP-E), VSRP provides
one or more backups for the Brocade device. If the active Brocade device becomes unavailable,
one of the backups takes over as the active device and continues forwarding traffic for the network.
You can use VSRP for the Brocade device.

VSRP is a Brocade proprietary protocol that provides redundancy and sub-second failover in Layer
2 and Layer 3 mesh topologies. Based on the Brocade’s proprietary VRRP-E, VSRP provides one or
more backups for the device. If the active device becomes unavailable, one of the backups takes
over as the active device and continues forwarding traffic for the network.

Layer 2 and Layer 3 share the same VSRP configuration information.

TABLE 68

Supported Brocade Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol (VSRP) features

Features
supported

Brocade
NetIron XMR
Series

Brocade
MLX Series

Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
BASE
package

Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
ME_PREM
package

Brocade
NetIron CES
2000 Series
L3_PREM
package

Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
Base
package

Brocade
NetIron CER
2000 Series
Advanced
Services
package

Virtual
Switch
Redundancy
Protocol
(VSRP)

Yes

VSRP 2

Yes

Layer 2
Redundancy

Yes

Yes Yes Yes

Yes

Layer 3
VSRP

Yes

MAC Address
Failover on
VSRP-Aware
Devices

Yes

VSRP Fast
Start

Yes

VSRP Slow
Start

Yes

VSRP and
Foundry
MRP
Signaling

Yes