Owner's Manual

VRRP Commands 473
Command Mode
Interface configuration (Ethernet, VLAN, port-channel)
User Guidelines
This command cannot be used with a range of ports.
Example
The following example enables authentication for the VRRP number 45 with the password "Dell"
on g8.
vrrp preempt
The vrrp preempt interface configuration command enables the Virtual Router Redundancy
Protocol (VRRP) preemption on an interface. To disable preemption, use the
no form of this
command.
Syntax
vrrp virtual-router preempt
no vrrp
virtual-router preempt
• virtual-router —Virtual router number . (Range: 1 - 255)
Default Configuration
VRRP preemption is enabled.
Command Mode
Interface configuration (Ethernet, VLAN, port-channel)
User Guidelines
An exception is that the router that owns the IP address(es) associated with the virtual router
always preempts independent of the setting of this command.
Example
The following example enables VRRP preemption on g8.
show vrrp configuration
The show vrrp configuration privileged EXEC command displays the Virtual Router Redundancy
Protocol (VRRP) configuration.
Console(config)# interface ethernet g8
Console(config-if)# vrrp 45 authentication Dell
Console(config)# interface ethernet g8
Console(config-if)# vrrp 45 preempt