Routing
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
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4. For
Add VRRP instance
, type a name for the VRRP instance and click
.
The new VRRP instance configuration is displayed.
5. Click
Enable
.
6. For
Interface
, select the interface on which this VRRP instance should run.
7. For
Router ID
field, type the ID of the virtual router instance. The Router ID must be the same
on all VRRP devices that participate in the same VRRP device pool. Allowed values are from
1
and
255
, and it is configured to
50
by default.
8. For
Priority
, type the priority for this router in the group. The router with the highest priority
will be used as the master router. If the master router fails, then the IP address of the virtual
router is mapped to the backup device with the next highest priority. If this device's actual IP
address is being used as the virtual IP address of the VRRP pool, then the priority of this device
should be set to
255
. Allowed values are from
1
and
255
, and it is configured to
100
by
default.
9. (Optional) For
Password
, type a password that will be used to authenticate this VRRP router
with VRRP peers. If the password length exceeds 8 characters, it will be truncated to 8
characters.
10. Configure the virtual IP addresses associated with this VRRP instance:
a. Click to expand
Virtual IP addresses
.
b. Click
to add a virtual IP address.
c. For
Virtual IP
, type the IPv4 or IPv6 address for a virtual IP of this VRRP instance.
d. (Optional) Repeat to add additional virtual IPs.
11. See
for information about configuring VRRP+.
12. Click
Apply
to save the configuration and apply the change.