UANTA COMPUTER INC.
Layer 2/3/4 Managed Switch
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User’s Guide 1391/1523
11.6.10.2
Configuring Virtual Router
Selection Criteria
VRID and Slot/Port
- Select 'Create' from the pulldown menu to configure a new Virtual Router, or
select one of the existing Virtual Routers, listed by interface number and VRID.
Configurable Data
VRID
- This field is only configurable if you are creating new Virtual Router, in which case enter the
VRID in the range 1 to 255 .
Interface
- This field is only configurable if you are creating new Virtual Router, in which case select
the Slot/Port for the new Virtual Router from the pulldown menu.
Pre-empt Mode
- Select enable or disable from the pulldown menu. If you select enable a backup
router will preempt the master router if it has a priority greater than the master virtual router's priority
provided the master is not the owner of the virtual router IP address. The default is enable.
Accept Mode
- Select enable or disable from the pull down menu. If you select enable the VRRP
master will accept all types of data packets addressed to IP address(es) associated with the virtual
router and on selecting disable the VRRP master will discard all types of data packets addressed to
IP address(es) associated with the virtual router if it is not the IP address owner. The default is
disable.
Configured Priority
- Enter the priority value to be used by the VRRP router in the election for the
master virtual router. If the Virtual IP Address is the same as the interface IP Address, the priority
gets set to 255 no matter what the user enters. If the user enters a priority of 255 when the Virtual
and interface IP Addresses are not the same, the priority gets set to the default value of 100.
Advertisement Interval
(secs)
- Enter the time, in seconds, between the transmission of
advertisement packets by this virtual router. Enter a number between 1 and 255. The default value is
1 second.
IP Address
- Enter the IP Address associated with the Virtual Router. The default is 0.0.0.0.
Authentication Type
- Select the type of Authentication for the Virtual Router from the pulldown
menu. The default is None. The choices are:
0-None
- No authentication will be performed.
1-Key
- Authentication will be performed using a text password.