Multiple HSRP Groups

Dec 25,2008 by alperen

Within a accumulation of VLANs, there will be added than one absence aperture specified. If the Cisco

advice of a subnet per VLAN is followed, again there will be the aforementioned cardinal of absence gateways.

Redundancy is both big-ticket and necessary, but we charge not actualize abounding back-up by having

each absence aperture backed up by addition concrete device. We can use assorted HSRP

192.168.1.1/24 192.168.1.2/24

Interface e0 is up Interface e0 is down

Interface e0 is up

Hello from 192.168.1.1, pri 100, active

Hello from 192.168.1.2, pri 105, active

Hello from 192.168.1.1, pri 100, standby

Hello from 192.168.1.2, pri 105, active

Hello from 192.168.1.1, pri 100 standby

HSRP abode is

192.168.1.254/24

Terry Jack

666 Chapter 20 Quality of Service (QoS)

groups to do this in a added cost-effective fashion. One router could be acclimated to act as the standby

router for several altered groups.

Furthermore, it is accessible to actualize two groups on a brace of routers, and accomplish anniversary router

active in one accumulation and standby in the other. In this way, anniversary router would advanced cartage for

its own accumulation while accouterment back-up to the other, appropriately accouterment a affectionate of amount sharing.

Given that this book can be broadcast to a abundant beyond accomplishing by creating up to

256 HSRP groups, it follows that some actual circuitous configurations can be created to accommodated a

variety of altered needs.