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Mar2014

What is Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)?

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Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)  allows for a group or routers to appear as a single default gateway to end devices.  All the routers must have interfaces that belong in the same subnet.   The end devices point their default gateways to a Virtual Router IP (VIP) address. VRRP is an open ... Read More
March 30, 2014Praveen Bahethi

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Mar2014

How do you configure VRRP on Comware?

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Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol provides end devices alternate default gateways without having to be configured for them. With VRRP, a end device continues to speak to the same MAC Address discovered during ARP resolution, because of the Virtual IP (VIP) configuration in VRRP. Configuring VRRP requires knowledge of the Layer 2 ... Read More
March 28, 2014Praveen Bahethi

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Mar2014

How do you configure MSTP on HP Comware via CLI?

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We have three HP Comware switches in a triangle with each device being at default configuration after enabling Multi-Instance Spanning Tree (MSTP). We’ll be optimizing the network by adding load-balancing for MSTP and across 20 vlans and link aggregation. A quick overview of the Layer 2 configuration of the network [5800A]display lldp ... Read More
March 27, 2014Praveen Bahethi

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Mar2014

What is default routing?

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A default route is a catch-all route for routes not in the routing table.  It is often confused with default gateways, which provide end devices a router to send all non-local traffic for forwarding. Routing tables list the direction to reach a network.  When there is no path in the table, ... Read More
March 27, 2014Praveen Bahethi