> > But there's still a problem. VRRP must run to set up the VRIP before
 > > applications can bind to the VRIP, so semantically the app depends on
 > > VRRP. When the application is running, VRRP need to depend on it to
 > > protect it. Thus, VRRP and the application depend on each other. Seems
 > > it's not easy for SMF to handle such dependencies.
 > 
 > Why does VRRP itself need to set up the virtual IP address?
 > 
 > VRRP clearly needs to control how the system responds to that address,
 > but couldn't it be configured through the usual means (i.e.,
 > /etc/hostname.*)?

Indeed -- and we already have examples of this (e.g. IPMP configuration).

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meem
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