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preempt-mode
Turns on preempt mode for a VRRP router session.
Synopsis preempt-mode
no preempt-mode
Operands None
Defaults Enabled for VRRP; Disabled for VRRP-E.
Command Modes Virtual-router-group configuration mode
Description Use this command to enable or disable preempt mode for a virtual router session. When set, the
highest-priority backup router will always be the master if the owner is not available. If not set, a
higher priority backup will not preempt a lower-priority master.
Usage Guidelines This command is for VRRP and VRRP-E.
For VRRP-E, the interface must be ve.
Enter no preempt-mode to turn off preempt mode.
Examples To turn on preempt mode for a virtual-router-group-1 session:
switch(config)# rbridge-id 101
switch(config-rbridge-id-101)# protocol vrrp
switch(config-rbridge-id-101)# int te 101/1/6
switch(conf-if-te-101/1/6)# vrrp-group 1
switch(config-vrrp-group-1)# preempt-mode
See Also vrrp-group, vrrp-extended-group