Siemens SCALANCE XM-400 - Vrrp Compatible-Mode

Layer 3 functions
9.5 VRRPv3 (IPv4 / IPv6)
SCALANCE XM-400/XR-500 Command Line Interface (CLI)
664 Configuration Manual, 06/2016, C79000-G8976-C252-11
9.5.5.5
vrrp compatible-mode
Description
With this command, you enable compatibility with VRRPv2. For configured IPv4 addresses,
when enabled, the VRRP router sends and receives VRRPv2 frames in addition to VRRPv3
frames. Only necessary when not all VRRP routers support VRRPv3.
Note
This command is available only with layer 3.
Requirement
● An IP address is assigned to the virtual router.
● You are in the VRRP3 Interface configuration mode.
The command prompt is as follows:
cli(config-vrrp-v3-if-$$$)#
Syntax
Call up the command with the following parameters:
vrrp <vrid(1-255)> compatible-mode
The parameter has the following meaning:
Parameter
Description
Range of values / note
vrid
ID of the virtual router
1 ... 255
Result
The compatibility is enabled.
Further notes
You enable routing with VRRP3 with the router vrrp3 command.
You assign IP addresses to a virtual router with the
vrrp associated-ip command.
You disable the compatibility with the
no vrrp compatible-mode command.
You can display the status of the function with the
show vrrp3 or with the show vrrp3
interface
command.