Brocade Multi-Service IronWare Routing Configuration Guide (Supporting R05.6.00) User Manual
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VRRP and VRRP-E parameters
Virtual Router IP 
address
This is the address you are backing up.
No default.
•
VRRP – The virtual router IP address must be a 
real IP address configured on the VRID interface 
on one of the VRRP routers. This router is the IP 
address Owner and is the default Master. 
•
VRRP-E – The virtual router IP address must be 
in the same subnet as a real IP address 
configured on the VRRP-E interface, but cannot 
be the same as a real IP address configured on 
the interface.
None
VRID MAC 
address
The source MAC address in VRRP or VRRP-E packets 
sent from the VRID interface, and the destination for 
packets sent to the VRID.
•
VRRP – A virtual MAC address defined as 
00-00-00-00-01-
00-00-00-00-02-
Master owns the Virtual MAC address.
•
VRRP-E – A virtual MAC address defined as 
02-E0-52-
and IPv6 VRRP-E, where 
two-octet hashed value for the IP address and 
ID of the virtual router
.
Not configurable
Authentication 
type
The type of authentication the VRRP or VRRP-E 
routers use to validate VRRP or VRRP-E packets. The 
authentication type must match the authentication 
type the VRID’s port uses with other routing protocols 
such as OSPF:
•
No authentication – The interfaces do not use 
authentication. This is the VRRP default.
•
Simple – The interface uses a simple text-string 
as a password in packets sent on the interface. If 
the interface uses simple password 
authentication, the VRID configured on the 
interface must use the same authentication type 
and the same password.
•
MD5 – This method of authentication ensures 
the packet is authentic and cannot be modified 
in transit.
NOTE: MD5 is not supported by VRRP.
Authentication is not supported by VRRP v3.
No authentication
Router type
Whether the router is an Owner or a Backup:
•
Owner (VRRP only) – The router on which the real 
IP address used by the VRID is configured.
•
Backup – Routers that can provide routing 
services for the VRID but do not have a real IP 
address matching the VRID.
VRRP – The Owner is 
always the router that 
has the real IP address 
used by the VRID. All 
other routers for the 
VRID are Backups.
VRRP-E – All routers for 
the VRID are Backups.
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VRRP and VRRP-E parameters (Continued)
Parameter
Description
Default
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