VRRP

HSRP

GLBP

Terms

  • GLBP - Gateway Load Balancing Protocol.
  • AVG - Active Virtual Gateway. The AVG response to ARP requests, with the same IP, but different MAC addresses to load balance for GLBP.
  • AVF - Active Virtual Forwarder. A router in a GLBP group that is forwarding packets. All AVFs have their own mac, and are responsible for forwarding traffic destined towards that MAC.
  • Cisco proprietary

  • 224.0.0.102

  • UDP 3222

  • AVG is highest priority

  • Max of 4 active AVFs

  • Two states: Active, Listen

  • MD5 is supported

References

Cisco - Configuring GLBP