NOTE: You must configure all virtual routers in the VRRP group the same: you must configure all
with preempt enabled or configure all with preempt disabled.
Because preempt is enabled by default, disable the preempt function with the following command.
• Prevent any BACKUP router with a higher priority from becoming the MASTER router.
INTERFACE-VRID mode
no preempt
Examples of Disabling and Verifying Preempt
Re-enable preempt by entering the preempt command. When you enable preempt, it does not display in
the show commands, because it is a default setting.
To disable preempt, use the no preempt command.
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1)#vrrp-group 111
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)#no preempt
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)#
To verify the preempt status, use the show config command.
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)#show conf
!
vrrp-group 111
authentication-type simple 7 387a7f2df5969da4
no preempt
priority 255
virtual-address 10.10.10.1
virtual-address 10.10.10.2
virtual-address 10.10.10.3
virtual-address 10.10.10.10
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)#
Changing the Advertisement Interval
By default, the MASTER router transmits a VRRP advertisement to all members of the VRRP group every
one second, indicating it is operational and is the MASTER router.
If the VRRP group misses three consecutive advertisements, the election process begins and the BACKUP
virtual router with the highest priority transitions to MASTER.
NOTE: To avoid throttling VRRP advertisement packets, Dell Networking recommends increasing
the VRRP advertisement interval to a value higher than the default value of one second. If you do
change the time interval between VRRP advertisements on one router, change it on all participating
routers.
If are using VRRP version 2, you must configure the timer values in multiple of whole seconds. For
example a timer value of 3 seconds or 300 centisecs are valid and equivalent. However, a time value of
50 centisecs is invalid because it not a multiple of 1 second. If you are using VRRP version 3, you must
configure the timer values in multiples of 25 centisecs.
If you are configured for VRRP version 2, the timer values must be in multiples of whole seconds. For
example, timer value of 3 seconds or 300 centisecs are valid and equivalent. However, a timer value of
50 centisecs is invalid because it not is not multiple of 1 second.
If are using VRRP version 3, you must configure the timer values in multiples of 25 centisecs.
1008 Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)