GS-4012F/4024 User’s Guide

31.3.3 Configuring VRRP Parameters

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

Figure 104 VRRP Configuration: VRRP Parameters

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 74 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.

 

 

Advertisement 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.

Add

Click Add to apply the changes.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to discard all changes made in this table.

 

 

Clear

Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.

 

 

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