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Chapter 40  VRRP Commands 
The Virtual Router Redundancy protocol is designed to handle default router failures by providing 
a scheme to dynamically elect a backup router. The driving force was to minimize “black hole” 
periods due to the failure of the default gateway router during which all traffic directed towards it is 
lost until the failure is detected. Though static configuration of default routes is popular, such an 
approach is susceptible to a single point of failure when the default router fails. VRRP advocates 
the concept of a “virtual router” associated with one or more IP addresses that serve as default 
gateways. In the event that the VRRP router controlling these IP addresses (formally known as the 
Master) fails, the group of IP addresses and the default forwarding role is taken over by a Backup 
VRRP router. 
vrrp vrid 
Description 
This  command is used to enable the VRRP protocol on an interface and 
designates a virtual router ID for it. To disable VRRP protocol of a specified 
virtual router on an interface, please use no vrrp vrid command 
Syntax 
vrrp vrid vrid   
no vrrp vrid vrid 
Parameter 
vrid —— The virtual router ID which has an integer value range from 1 to 255.   
Command Mode 
Interface Configuration Mode 
Example 
Enable the VRRP protocol on interface VLAN 3 and specify the vrid as 4: 
T3700G-28TQ(config)#interface vlan 3 
T3700G-28TQ(config-if)#vrrp vrid 4