Chapter 42 VRRP

42.3.3 Configuring VRRP Parameters

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

Figure 196 IP Application > VRRP Configuration > VRRP Parameters

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 137 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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Specify the number of seconds between Hello message

Interval

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

This field is optional. Enter the IP address of a secondary virtual

IP

router in dotted decimal notation. This field is ignored when you

 

enter 0.0.0.0.

 

 

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