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{{Short description|Computer network switching protocol}}
The '''Virtual Switch Redundancy Protocol''' ('''VSRP''') is a [[Proprietary protocol|proprietary]] network resilience protocol developed by [[Company:Foundry Networks|Foundry Networks]] and currently being sold in products manufactured by both [[Company:Brocade Communications Systems|Brocade Communications Systems]] (formerly Foundry Networks) and Hewlett Packard. The protocol differs from many others in use as it combines Layer 2 and Layer 3 resilience – effectively doing the jobs of both Spanning tree protocol and the [[Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol]] at the same time. Whilst the restrictions on the physical topologies able to make use of VSRP mean that it is less flexible than STP and VRRP, it does significantly improve on the failover times provided by either of those protocols.

== See also ==
* [[Common Address Redundancy Protocol]]
* [[Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol]]
* [[Hot Standby Router Protocol]]
* [[Spanning Tree Protocol]]

== External links ==
* [http://www.brocade.com/downloads/documents/html_product_manuals/BIRX_02900_CFG/vsrp.17.2.html Configuration Guide] - [[Company:Brocade Communications Systems|Brocade Communications Systems]]

[[Category:Internet protocols]]
[[Category:Routing protocols]]


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