Alteon Application Switch Operating System Application Guide
High Availability
Document ID: RDWR-ALOS-V2900_AG1302
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The link-local unicast address is an address used to communicate with neighbors on the same
link. The source address of an IPv6 VRRP packet is set to the IPv6 link-local address of the
transmission interface.
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Multicast address—The IPv6 multicast address is an identifier for a group interface. IPv6 VRRP
support has an IPv6 link-local scope multicast address assigned by IANA. This multicast address
follows the format
FF02:0:0:0:0:0:XXXX:XXXX
. The destination address of the IPv6 packet
is set to this link-local scope multicast address. A router must not forward a datagram with this
destination address regardless of its hop limit setting.
IPv6 VRRP Packets
IPv6 VRRP packets differ in some aspects from VRRP implemented in an IPv4 network. The key
differences are:
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The Version field specifies the VRRP protocol version. In IPv4 packets this value is 2, and in
IPv6 packets this value is 3.
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The Authentication Type field is not present in IPv6 packets. This field is used in IPv4 to
identify the authentication method in use.
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The Advertisement Interval field is a 12-bit field that indicates the advertisement interval in
centiseconds (1/100 second). This is an 8-bit field in IPv4 that specifies this interval in seconds.
Note:
Radware recommends setting the default to 100 (1 second) or greater to avoid a high load on
the management CPU.
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The Hop Limit field is used to track how many nodes have forwarded the packet. The field value
is decremented by one for each node that forwards the packet. VRRP routers are instructed to
discard IPv6 VRRP packets that do not have a Hop Limit value of 255.
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The Next Header field is used to identify the type of protocol immediately following the IPv6
header. The IPv6 Next Header assigned by IANA for VRRP is 112.
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The neighbor discovery protocol replaces IPv4 ARP, ICMP router discovery, and ICMP redirection.
Neighbor discovery enables nodes (hosts and routers) to determine the link-layer address of a
neighbor on the same network and to detect any changes in these addresses. It also enables a
router to advertise its presence and address prefix to inform hosts of a better next hop address
to forward packets.
IPv6 VRRP Configuration
This section includes the two procedures required to enable IPv6 VRRP support.
Notes
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You cannot use IPv6 VRRP groups with more than 90 virtual routers.
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The VRRP3 VRID for IPv6 VRRP configuration has a range of 1 to 255.
To enable IPv6 support on the virtual router
1. Change the IP version supported by the virtual router.
Use the command
/cfg/l3/vrrp/vr <virtual router number> /ipver v6
to configure
the virtual router for IPv6 support.
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