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3. Use Pre-empt Mode to select enable or disable. If you select enable, a backup router will
preempt the master router if it has a priority greater than the master virtual router's priority
provided the master is not the owner of the virtual router IP address. The default is enable.
4. Use Priority to enter the priority value to be used by the VRRP router in the election for the
master virtual router. If the Virtual IP Address is the same as the interface IP Address, the
priority gets set to 255 no matter what the user enters. If the user enters a priority of 255
when the Virtual and interface IP Addresses are not the same, the priority gets set to the
default value of 100.
5. Use Advertisement Interval to enter the time, in seconds, between the transmission of
advertisement packets by this virtual router. Enter a number between 1 and 255. The default
value is 1 second.
6. Use Primary IP Address to enter the IP Address associated with the Virtual Router. The
default is 0.0.0.0.
7. Use Authentication Type to select the type of Authentication for the Virtual Router from the
pull-down menu. The default is None. The choices are:
• 0-None - No authentication will be performed.
• 1-Simple - Authentication will be performed using a text password.
8. Authentication Data: If you selected simple authentication, enter the password.
9. Use Status to select active or inactive to start or stop the operation of the Virtual Router. The
default is inactive.
10. Click ADD to add a new Virtual Router to the switch configuration.
11. Click DELETE to delete the selected Virtual Router. Note that the router can not be deleted
if there are secondary addresses configured.
Field Description
Interface IP Address Indicates the IP Address associated with the selected interface.
Owner Set to 'True' if the Virtual IP Address and the Interface IP Address are the
same, otherwise set to 'False'. If this parameter is set to 'True', the Virtual
Router is the owner of the Virtual IP Address, and will always win an
election for master router when it is active.
VMAC Address The virtual MAC Address associated with the Virtual Router, composed of a
24 bit organizationally unique identifier, the 16 bit constant identifying the
VRRP address block and the 8 bit VRID.
State The current state of the Virtual Router:
• State
• Initialize
• Master
• Backup