1058 Configuring VRRP
Configuring VRRP Features (CLI)
This section provides information about the commands you use to configure 
VRRP settings on the switch. For more information about the commands, see 
the 
PowerConnect 8024/8024F/8132/8132F/8164/8164F CLI Reference 
Guide
 at support.dell.com/manuals. 
Configuring VRRP Settings
Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to 
configure switch and interface VRRP settings. This set of commands also 
describes how to configure VRRP interface and route tracking.
Command Purpose
configure Enter global configuration mode.
ip vrrp Enable the administrative mode of VRRP for the router 
(L3 switch). 
interface vlan 
vlan-id
Enter Interface Configuration mode for the specified 
VLAN.
vrrp
 vr-id
Allow the interface to create in the VRRP group specified 
by the 
vr-id
 parameter, which is a number from 1–255.
vrrp
 vr-id 
description (Optional) Create a text description that identifies the 
VRRP group.
vrrp 
vr-id 
preempt [delay 
seconds
]
Enable the preemption mode value for the virtual router 
configured on a specified interface. 
You can optionally configure a preempt delay, which is the 
number of seconds the VRRP router waits before the 
VRRP router sends an advertisement to claim master 
ownership.
vrrp
 vr-id 
accept-mode Allow the VRRP master to accept ping packets sent to one 
of the virtual router’s IP addresses.
vrrp 
vr-id 
priority 
priority
Set the priority value for the virtual router configured on 
the interface.
vrrp 
vr-id
 ip 
ip-address
 
[secondary]
Set the virtual router IP address value for an interface.