Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide - Manual (Page 544)

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Configuring parameters specific to VRRPE
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• The Dead interval must be set to the same value on both the Owner and Backups for the virtual
router.
• The track priority on a router must be lower than the router’s VRRP priority. Also, the track
priority on the Owner must be higher than the track priority on the Backups.
Configuring parameters specific to VRRPE
VRRPE is configured at the interface level. To implement a simple VRRPE configuration using all the
default values, enter commands such as the following on each BigIron RX.
BigIron RX(config)# router vrrp-extended
BigIron RX(config)# interface ethernet 1/5
BigIron RX(config-if-e10000-1/5)# ip address 192.53.5.3
BigIron RX(config-if-e10000-1/5)# ip vrrp-extended vrid 1
BigIron RX(config-if-e10000-1/5-vrid-1)# backup priority 50 track-priority 10
BigIron RX(config-if-e10000-1/5-vrid-1)# ip-address 192.53.5.254
BigIron RX(config-if-e10000-1/5-vrid-1)# activate
Syntax: ip vrrp-extended vrid <vrid>
Syntax: backup [priority <value>] [track-priority <value>]
Refer to “Authentication type” on page 467 for information on the auth-type no-auth |
simple-text-auth <auth-data> parameters.
Also, refer to “Configuration rules for VRRPE” on page 466 additional information on how to
configure VRRPE.
BigIron RX requires you to identify a VRRPE router as a Backup before you can activate the virtual
router. However, after you configure the virtual router, you can use the backup command to change
its priority or track priority.
You also can use the enable command to activate the configuration. This command does the same
thing as the activate command.
Configuration rules for VRRPE
• The interfaces of all routers in a virtual router must be in the same IP subnet.
• The IP address assigned to the virtual router cannot be configured on any of the BigIron RX
devices.
• The Hello interval must be set to the same value on all the BigIron RX devices.
• The Dead interval must be set to the same value on all the BigIron RX devices.
• The track priority for a virtual router must be lower than the VRRPE priority.
NOTE
If you disable VRRPE, the device removes all the configuration information for the disabled protocol
from the running configuration. Moreover, when you save the configuration to the startup
configuration after disabling the protocol, all configuration information for the disabled protocol is
removed from the startup configuration.