VRRP

[JJ]

Hello Friends,
I want to configure VRRP on my nortel, so what all step i have to follow and i also want port redundancy..

[Flintstone]

Hi jjnortel and welcome to the forum,

Check out these blogs from Michael on VRRP and SMLT:

http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/?s=VRRP

http://blog.michaelfmcnamara.com/page/3/?s=SMLT

CheerZ and good luck

[JJ]

Hi Flintstone,
Thanks for your instant reply. but i have some doubt do my nortel software version will create any problem or is it recommended for VRRP without any issues, right now i have two models of switch one is 8010 with 4.0.0.0 and 8310 with 3.0.0.0 software version, and am not finding the upgraded software version for them?

Thanks in advance.

[Dominik]

Hi jjnortel,

Avaya recommands to use the same switch model for building L3 redundancy. I personal had never tested if a ERS8300 and a ERS8600 work good together
in a VRRP setup. In general it is possible to build VRRP L3 redundancy with different models or vendors. You have to test how stable they work togehter,
you also should use only the standrd active/passiv VRRP configuration without the active/active Avaya proprietary backupMaster feature.

Both software versions 4.0.0.0 and 3.0.0.0 should be upgraded. I had a lot of trouble with these software releases, in general it is no good idea to use a sw with 3 zeros X.0.0.0.......

Godd Luck

[JJ]

Hi Dominik,
Thanks for your reply, but how can we debug the VRRP communication happening between two switch? Like in Cisco we can debug and  see how hello packets are sent for active/standby? Is there any such way to check in Nortel?.

Thanks,
JJ.

[Dominik]

Hi JJ,

similar to a Cisco debug is a Avaya trace level. Same as debug on a Cisco you can very easy kill your device with a trace level command.
I would recommand to start with the trace level 1 (very terse).

command usage:
trace level <moduleID> <level>

Here are the module IDs that you can use:

Module IDs:                  Trace Levels:
  0 - Common                    0    0 - Disabled
  1 - SNMP Agent                0    1 - Very terse
  2 - RMON                      0    2 - Terse
  3 - Port Manager              0    3 - Verbose
  4 - Chassis Manager           0    4 - Very verbose
  5 - STG Manager               0
  6 - Phase2 OSPF               0
  7 - Hardware I/F              0
  8 - (N/A)                     0
  9 - CP Port                   0
 10 - (N/A)                     0
 11 - VLAN Manager              0
 12 - CLI                       0
 13 - Main                      0
 14 - Phase2 IP+RIP             0
 15 - RCC IP                    0
 16 - HTTP Server               0
 19 - Watch Dog Timer           0
 20 - Topology Discovery        0
 21 - (N/A)                     0

 22 - (N/A)                     0
 23 - IGMP                      0
 24 - IPFIL                     0
 25 - MLT                       0
 26 - IPPOLICY                  0
 27 - IPMC                      0
 28 - SYSLOG                    0
 29 - DVMRP                     0
 30 - P2IPX                     0
 31 - RCIPX                     0
 32 - RAR                       0
 33 - OP                        0
 34 - BOOT                      0
 35 - IOM                       0
 36 - QOS                       0
 37 - FLEXDB                    0
 38 - SMM                       0
 39 - ATM                       0
 40 - POS                       0
 41 - RADIUS                    0
 42 - SIO_COM                   0
 43 - PGM                       0
 45 - RTM                       0

 46 - P2CMN                     0
 47 - RIP                       0
 48 - PIM                       0
 49 - RPS                       0
 50 - NTP                       0
 51 - TCP                       0
 52 - BGP                       0
 53 - EPILOGUE                  0
 54 - SSH                       0
 56 - HAL                       0
 57 - WIND                      0
 58 - EAP                       0
 59 - LACP                      0
 60 - PING                      0
 61 - DNS                       0
 62 - DPM                       0
 63 - BOOTP                     0
 64 - DPMMSG                    0
 65 - FILTER                    0
 66 - RCIP6                     0
 93 - IPFIX                     0
 94 - MOD_IPMC6                 0
 95 - MOD_MCAST6_CMN            0

 96 - MOD_MLD                   0
 97 - MOD_PIM6                  0
 98 - SLPP                      0
 99 - INFINITY                  1
100 - MPLS                      0
101 - RCMPLS                    0
102 - NNCLI                     0
103 - VRF                       0
104 - NSNA                      0
105 - MIRRORFPGA                0
106 - MSTP                      0
107 - RSTP                      0
108 - MSDP                      0
109 - TACACS+                   0
115 - BFD                       0

You can also use to view VRRP statistics the JDM:
 IP / VRRP / Stats


Cheers

[JJ]

Hello Friends,
Do i need to connect both 8010 back to back for VRRP or it will work without any issue if i will connect my both L3 to l2 switches. And redundancy will still be maintained during Vlan or when Port goes down.