September 2002
Intermediate to advanced
560 pages
13h 16m
English
A VRRP router implements an instance of the state machine for each virtual router. A VRRP router participating in the election process of multiple virtual routers implements multiple instances of the state machine.
The VRRP state machine contains three states:
Initialize
Master
Backup
The machine permits the transition from any state to any state.
A startup event such as startup of VRRP puts the VRRP state machine in motion by leading it to the initialize state. Depending on whether the router is the owner or not, the machine transitions either to master or backup state. A shutdown event such as a VRRP being stopped, whatever the current state is, brings the state back to the ...
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