September 2002
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
13h 16m
English
A good way of explaining a protocol is to describe it as a state machine. The state machine provides not only a basis for a clear understanding of the protocol but also a sound foundation for its implementation. We start our discussion of the VRRP state machine by examining the elements needed for its operations.
In order to describe the behavior of the VRRP state machine—the input and output events, the states as well as the functions used to decide on the transitions and to generate the required outputs—we need to describe a series of parameters involved in all these aspects of the state machine. Some of the parameters were discussed informally in Chapter 2 in the overview of the protocol ...
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