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If the PROPORTIONAL option is specified, the virtual router reduces the
priority to a percentage of the original priority in proportion the percentage of
available ports. For example, if a router has five ports and a port fails, the
router will drop its priority by a fifth of the original priority.
SET VRRP=
vr-identifier
[ADINTERVAL=1..255]
[AUTHENTICATION={NONE|PLAINTEXT}] [PASSWORD=
password
]
[PORTMONITORING={ON|OFF} [STEPVALUE={
stepvalue
|
PROPORTIONAL}]] [PREEMPT={ON|OFF}] [PRIORITY=1..254]
where:
■
stepvalue
is a decimal number in the range 1 to 254.
This command only changes the parameters on this router. It is important that
all routers involved in a virtual router are configured with the same values for
the VRRP virtual router identifier, IP address, advertisement interval, pre-empt
mode, authentication type, and password. Inconsistent configuration will
cause advertisement packets to be rejected and the virtual router will not
perform properly.
The PORTMONITORING parameter is valid when the VR is providing
redundancy over a VLAN. The PORTMONITORING parameter specifies
whether the VRRP should monitor the ports of the VLAN and alter the priority
value if ports fail or are disabled. If the PORTMONITORING parameter is set
to ON, the STEPVALUE parameter may also be specified. The default is OFF.
The STEPVALUE parameter specifies the value by which the priority of the VR
should be decremented each time a VLAN port fails, or is disabled when the
PORTMONITORING parameter is set to ON. If a number is specified, the
priority of the VR will be reduced by this value each time a VLAN port fails or
is disabled. If PROPORTIONAL is specified, the VR will reduce the priority to
a percentage of the original priority in proportion to the percentage of available
ports. The value specified for the STEPVALUE parameter is retained when port
monitoring is disabled.
For instance, to enable the PORTMONITORING feature on the virtual router
number 10 and set the step value to 100, use the following command:
SET VRRP VRID=10 PORTMONITORING=ON STEPVALUE=100
The SHOW VRRP command now shows port monitoring information.
Table 7: New parameters displayed in the output of the SHOW VRRP command.
Parameter
Meaning
Port Monitoring
Indicates whether the port monitoring feature is ON or OFF.
This parameter is only displayed if the VR is operating over
a VLAN interface.
Step value
If a number is shown (e.g. “40”), this indicates the value by
which the priority of the VR will be reduced for each VLAN
port that fails or is disabled. If “PROPORTIONAL” is shown,
the priority will be reduced in proportion to the percentage
of VLAN ports that are out of service.
