SLX-OS VRRP and VRRP-E interoperability
While VRRP follows RFC standards and can be used across devices from multiple vendors, Extreme Networks has its proprietary extension of VRRP, VRRP Extended (VRRP-E) which has strict interoperability rules across its devices.
In the standard SLX-OS VRRP implementation, the first five octets of the virtual MAC (VMAC) address are the standard MAC prefix for VRRP packets. The last octet is the virtual router ID (VRID). The only requirement for interoperability across other Extreme platform devices or other vendor devices is to ensure that the VRID is in the range of 1 to 16.
SLX-OS VRRP interoperability with Extreme or non-Extreme devices
The virtual router ID (VRID) must be in the range of 1 to 16.
SLX-OS VRRP-E interoperability with Extreme VDX devices
- The virtual router ID (VRID) must be in the range of 1 to 16.
- You must manually configure the VMAC on the Extreme VDX device for shared VRRP-E session with an SLX device.
- You must manually configure the VMAC on the SLX device for shared VRRP-E session with a VDX device.
SLX-OS VRRP-E interoperability with Extreme MLXe devices
- The virtual router ID (VRID) must be in the range of 1 to 16.
- You must manually configure the VMAC on the Extreme MLXe device using the MAC address from the SLX device VMAC for shared VRRP-E session with an SLX device.
- You must manually configure the VMAC on the SLX device for shared VRRP-E session with an Extreme MLXe device.
