Chapter 2. VRRP Overview
This chapter gives an overview of the VRRP as a redundancy protocol without going into the details of used messages, the details of the states the protocol specifies, and the details to be taken into account while operating the protocol. Chapter 4 provides these details. Here we first put VRRP in context to articulate the significance of the function VRRP protects; then we talk about the special circumstances that necessitate a protocol such as VRRP. After establishing the context, we introduce basic VRRP concepts by using a series of simple configurations for didactic purposes. This approach helps us to explore some basic characteristics of the protocol: What is the typical VRRP configuration for establishing some level ...
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