Re: HSRP vs VRRP for IPv6 on IOS-XE - rekindling an old flame

[-Hammer- <bhmccie () gmail com>]

Correction. Still looking for something IPv6 specific.

-Hammer-

"I was a normal American nerd"
-Jack Herer

On 8/20/2012 9:39 AM, -Hammer- wrote:
> And two seconds after I hit send I find an updated article....
>
> http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipapp_fhrp/configuration/xe-3s/fhp-vrrp.html 
>
>
> <facepalm>
>
> If you have more information I still welcome it. I'm going to go sit 
> in the corner now...
>
> -Hammer-
>
> "I was a normal American nerd"
> -Jack Herer
>
> On 8/20/2012 9:36 AM, -Hammer- wrote:
> > A while back I brought up a discussion about IPv6 and I mentioned 
> > having some HSRP issues. Not end of the world, just adjusting to 
> > IPv6. Several folks went offline to tell me that I should dump 
> > "legacy" HSRP and go to VRRP. While I never did find anyone who could 
> > explain how HSRP is a sunset feature in IOS, I did agree with a few 
> > folks to look into VRRP for IPv6. Well I'm just now getting around to 
> > it and there is literally nothing out there. I found a few older 
> > articles implying that it's not there yet and of course I found the 
> > usual docs about RAs and SLAC and whatnot. But nothing recent. So, 
> > for those who criticized me previously about using HSRP (or anyone 
> > else) instead of VRRP, do you have VRRP up and running on Cisco 
> > IOS-XE and if so how? Can anyone provide a link or a document 
> > explaining how this is accomplished? Sample configs? Usually if you 
> > can't find it on Google or CCO it's not promising. I'm also reaching 
> > out to our AS team for guidance on the subject.
> >
> > PS: I'm not taunting here. It's just that several folks made the 
> > effort to go offline with me and tell me how wrong I was with HSRP 
> > and that I need to progress to VRRP and I can't find a single doc on 
> > the subject now that I look. Were these folks mistaken or am I 
> > missing something? Any help would be appreciated.