If the local node is receiving local receive SRRP advertisement SAP unavailable from the remote node, an SRRP Remote Receive advertisement SAP Unavailable event is generated detailing the SRRP instance ID, the local and remote system IP addresses, the remote group IP interface name and the local SRRP advertisement SAP. Because the remote node cannot receive SRRP advertisement messages, the local node immediately becomes master if it has the lower system IP address.