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Chapter 37 VRRP

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37.3.3 Configuring VRRP Parameters

After you set up an IP interface, configure the VRRP parameters in the VRRP
Configuration
screen.

Figure 183 IP Application > VRRP Configuration > VRRP Parameters

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 118 IP Application > VRRP Configuration > VRRP Parameters

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Select this option to enable this VRRP entry.

Name

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) for
identification purposes.

Network

Select an IP domain to which this VRRP entry applies.

Virtual Router ID

Select a virtual router number (1 to 7) for which this VRRP entry is
created.

You can configure up to seven virtual routers for one network.

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Interval

Specify the number of seconds between Hello message
transmissions. The default is 1.

Preempt Mode

Select this option to activate preempt mode.

Priority

Enter a number (between 1 and 254) to set the priority level. The
bigger the number, the higher the priority.

This field is 100 by default.

Uplink Gateway

Enter the IP address of the uplink gateway in dotted decimal
notation.

The Switch checks the link to the uplink gateway.

Primary Virtual IP

Enter the IP address of the primary virtual router in dotted decimal
notation.

Secondary Virtual
IP

This field is optional. Enter the IP address of a secondary virtual
router in dotted decimal notation. This field is ignored when you
enter 0.0.0.0.