Troubleshooting Tip: Steps to configure VRRP6 on the standalone Fortiswitches

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Description	This article describes steps to configure VRRP6 configuration on the standalone Fortiswitches. Helpful Links. Page#25 VRRP configuration on IPV4 VLAN interface. https://fortinetweb.s3.amazonaws.com/docs.fortinet.com/v2/attachments/62d32790-0451-11ec-8f3f-005056...   FortiSwitchOS Feature Matrix. https://fortinetweb.s3.amazonaws.com/docs.fortinet.com/v2/attachments/9f41724d-514b-11ec-bdf2-fa163e...
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Solution	To configure VRRP6 on the VLAN interface with IPV6 configured, it is mandatory to enable vrrp-virtual-mac6 and set vrip6_link_local as shown on the below example. # config system interface     edit "<VLAN Name>"             # config ipv6                 set ip6-address x:x:x::x/64                 set ip6-send-adv enable                 set vrrp-virtual-mac6 enable                 set vrip6_link_local xxxx::x:x:x                     config vrrp6                         edit 1                             set priority <priority integer <-----1 to 254 range.                            set vrip6 x:x:x::x                        next                     end To verify the VRRP6 configuration, please execute the below command on the FortiSwitch CLI. FSW# get route info6 vrrp Interface: vlanxx, primary IPv6 address: xx:xx:xx::x link-local IPv6 address: xxx::x:x:x:x Virtual link-local IPv6 address: xx::x:x:x   UseVMAC: 1   VRID: 1 version: 3     vrip: x:x:x::x, priority: 100, state: MASTER     adv_interval: 5, preempt: 1, start_time: 3     master_adv_interval: 500, accept: 1     vrmac: x:x:x:x:x     vrdst:     vrgrp: xx