1. A method, comprising: assigning a virtual switch identifier to a group of a plurality of switches, each of the plurality of switches configured with a redundancy protocol; configuring a redundancy protocol priority value for each the plurality of switches; generating at least one link-state routing protocol message including priority information indicative of the redundancy protocol priority value associated with one or more of the plurality of switches; and distributing the at least one link-state routing protocol message to one or more of the plurality of switches.