Patent ID: 7835270

Claim:
A method for managing Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) backup groups, comprising: setting a VRRP Group Management Protocol (VGMP) group comprising a master VRRP management group and at least one backup VRRP management group; adding VRRP members requiring state consistency of different VRRP backup groups to one VRRP management group, wherein each VRRP management group includes at least one VRRP member, and if there are multiple VRRP members belonging to one VRRP management group, the multiple VRRP members belong to different VRRP backup groups respectively; and managing uniformly, by the VGMP group, a state of each of the at least one VRRP member belonging to one of the at least one VRRP management group, performing a message interaction between VRRP management groups within one VGMP group, coordinating states between the master VRRP management group and the at least one backup VRRP management group, and keeping the state of the at least one VRRP member belonging to one VRRP management group consistent.