VRRP-Ev3 Overview

VRRP Extended version 3 (VRRP-Ev3) introduces IPv6 address support to the Extreme Networks proprietary VRRP Extended version 2 (VRRP-Ev2) protocol. VRRP-Ev3 is designed to avoid the limitations in the standards-based VRRPv3 protocol.

To create VRRP-Ev3, Extreme Networks has implemented the following differences from the RFC 5798 that describes VRRPv3 to provide extended functionality and ease of configuration:

Note

Note

VRRP-Ev3 is supported on the devices described in this guide. In a mixed-device environment, consult your documentation for the other devices to determine if VRRP-Ev3 is supported.

VRRP-Ev3 does not interoperate with with VRRPv2 or VRRPv3 sessions.