Associating track with static routing – H3C Technologies H3C SR8800 User Manual

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NOTE:

VRRP tracking is not valid on an IP address owner. An IP address owner refers to a router when the IP
address of the virtual router is the IP address of an interface on the router in the VRRP group.

When the status of the track entry changes from Negative to Positive or Invalid, the associated router or
VF restores its priority automatically.

You can associate a track entry with a VRRP group or VF before or after you create the track entry.
However, the association takes effect only after you create the track entry with the track command.

For more information about VRRP, see the chapter “Configuring VRRP.”

Associating track with static routing

A static route is a manually configured route. With a static route configured, packets to the specified
destination are forwarded through the path specified by the administrator.
The disadvantage of using static routes is that they cannot adapt to network topology changes. If a fault

or a topological change occurs in the network, the routes will be unreachable and the network breaks.
To prevent this problem, configure another route to back up the static route. When the static route is
reachable, packets are forwarded through the static route; when the static route is unreachable, packets

are forwarded through the backup route, avoiding network break and enhancing network reliability.
To check the reachability of a static route in real time, establish association between the track and the

static route.
If you specify the next hop but not the egress interface when configuring a static route, you can establish
collaborations among the static route, the track module, and detection modules to check the reachability

of the static route according to the status of the track entry.

The Positive state of the track entry shows that the next hop of the static route is reachable, and the
configured static route is valid.

The Negative state of the track entry shows that the next hop of the static route is not reachable, and
the configured static route is invalid.

The Invalid state of the track entry shows that the reachability of the next hop of the static route is

unknown, and the static route is valid.

To associate track with static routing:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

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