27.1. VRRP resource

The VRRP feature must be purchased separately. Refer to Chapter 6, Licencing to know more about licences.

27.1.1. Activating the VRRP resource

Add the resource to the Abilis system with the following command:

[15:43:30] ABILIS_CPX:a res:vrrp

RES:VRRP ALREADY EXISTS

The VRRP resource may already exist in the system, but may not yet be active: set it active with the command:

[16:02:48] ABILIS_CPX:s act res:vrrp

COMMAND EXECUTED
[Caution]Caution

After adding or setting the VRRP active, you must restart the Abilis to make the resource running (use the command warm start to reboot the Abilis).

[16:51:53] ABILIS_CPX:s p vrrp act:yes

COMMAND EXECUTED

[16:52:04] ABILIS_CPX:d p vrrp

RES:Vrrp - Not Saved (SAVE CONF), Not Refreshed (INIT) ------------------------
       ------------------------------------------------------------------------
       DESCR:Virtual_Router_Redundancy_Protocol
       LOG:NO         ACT:YES        mxps:256        TOS:0-N

27.1.2. VRRP resource parameters

Use the following command to display the parameters of the resource; by typing d p vrrp ? command it's possible to display the meaning of all parameters.

[16:52:04] ABILIS_CPX:d p vrrp

RES:Vrrp ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Run    DESCR:Virtual_Router_Redundancy_Protocol
       LOG:NO         ACT:NO         mxps:256        TOS:0-N

Meaning of the parameters:

LOG

Logging functionalities activation/deactivation.

ACT

Runtime VRRP activation/deactivation.

mxps

Sets the maximum size of the packets handled (expressed in bytes).

TOS

Sets the TOS value for VRRP service.

The following command allows the administrator to change the configuration of the resource:

s p vrrp parameter:value...

[Caution]Caution

To activate the changes made on the upper case parameters, execute the initialization command init res:vrrp; while to set act the changes made on the lowercase parameters a save conf and an Abilis restart are required (i.e. With warm start command).