Chapter 55 VRRP
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55.3.4 Viewing VRRP Summary
View the VRRP configuration summary at the bottom of the screen.
Figure 408 IP Application > VRRP Configuration: Summary
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
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.
Advertisement Interval Specify the number of seconds between Hello message 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.
Response Ping Select this option to have the Switch respond to a ping that is sent to the virtual IP address.
Primary Virtual IP Enter the IP address of the primary virtual router in dotted decimal notation.
Secondary Virtual IP This field is optional. Enter the IP address of a secondary virtual router in dotted decimal
notation. This field is ignored when you enter 0.0.0.0.
Add Click this to create a new entry or to update an existing one.
This saves your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses these changes if
it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel to save your
changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.
Cancel Click Cancel to discard all changes made in this table.
Clear Click Clear to set the above fields back to the factory defaults.
Table 244 IP Application > VRRP Configuration: VRRP Parameters (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 245 IP Application > VRRP Configuration: Summary
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Index This field displays the index number of an entry. Click an index number to change the settings.
Active This field shows whether a VRRP entry is enabled (Yes) or disabled (No).
Name This field displays a descriptive name of an entry.
Network This field displays the IP address and subnet mask of an interface.
VRID This field displays the ID number of a virtual router.
Primary VIP This field displays the IP address of the primary virtual router.
Uplink Gateway This field displays the IP address of the uplink gateway.
Priority This field displays the priority level (1 to 255) of the entry.
Select an entry’s check box to select a specific entry. Otherwise, select the check box in the
table heading row to select all entries.