Changing VR advertisement interval and source IP
address
Syntax:
vrrp vrid
vrid-num
advertise-interval 1-40
vrrp ipv6 vrid
vrid-num
advertise-interval 1-40
• When a VRRP router is operating as master, this value specifies the interval at which the router sends an
advertisement notifying the other VRRP routers on the network or subnet that a master is active.
• When a VRRP router is operating as a backup, it uses this value to calculate a master down interval ( 3 x advt-
interval.)
Default for IPv4: 1 second; range: 1–40 seconds
Default for IPv6: 1 second; range: 1–40 seconds
For information on advertisements and advertisement intervals, see
Function of the VRRP advertisement
page 339.
NOTE:
All VRRP routers belonging to the same VR must be configured with the same advertisement
interval. As required in RFC 3768, if a locally configured advertisement interval does not match the
interval received in an inbound VRRP packet, the VR drops that packet.
Syntax:
primary-ip-address [ip-address | lowest]
NOTE:
For IPv4 only. IPv6 does not have a primary-ip-address option; the primary IP address is the
link-local address of the real interface over which the packet is transmitted.
Specifies the VIP to designate as the source for VRRP advertisements from the VR. If there is only one VIP
configured on the VR, the default setting (
lowest
) is sufficient. Where there are multiple VIPs in the same VR
and you want to designate an advertisement source other than the lowest IP Address, use this command.
For an owner VR, the primary IP address must be one of the VIPs configured on the VR.
For a backup VR, the primary IP address must be in the same subnet as one of the VIPs configured on the VR. In
addition, the primary IP address for a backup VR must be one of the IP addresses configured on the VLAN on
which the VR is configured.
Executed in VRID context.
Default: lowest
NOTE:
It is common in VRRP applications to have only one VIP per VR. In such cases, the protocol uses
that address as the source IP address for VRRP advertisements, and it is not necessary to specify
an address.
Configuring preempt mode on VRRP backup routers
This command applies to VRRP backup routers only and is used to minimize network disruption caused by
unnecessary preemption of the master operation among backup routers. It is executed in VRID context.
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