Accept Packets Destined for the Virtual IP Address

To configure an interface to accept packets destined for the virtual IP address, include the accept-data statement:

accept-data; 

To prohibit the interface from accepting packets destined for the virtual IP address, include the no-accept-data statement:

no-accept-data; 

You can configure these statements at the following hierarchy levels:

• [edit interfaces interface-name unit logical-unit-number family inet address address
vrrp-group group-number],
• [edit logical-routers logical-router-name interfaces interface-name unit logical-unit-number family inet address address vrrp-group group-number]

The accept-data statement has the following consequences:

• If the master router owns the virtual IP address, the accept-data statement is not valid.
• If the master router owns the virtual IP address, the master router responds to ICMP message requests only.
• when the priority of the master router is set to 255, the accept-data statement is not valid.
• To restrict incoming IP packets to ICMP only, you must configure firewall filters to accept only ICMP packets.
• If you include the accept-data statement, your router configuration will not comply with RFC 2338.
• If you include the accept-data statement, VRRP clients should be able to process Gratuitous ARP.
• If you include the accept-data statement, VRRP clients should not use packets other than ARP replies to update their ARP cache.