Administrator Guide

Table 117. Recommended VRRP Advertise Intervals on the Switch
Recommended Advertise Interval Groups/Interface
Total VRRP Groups
Less than 250 1 second 12
Between 250 and 450 2–3 seconds 24
Between 450 and 600 3–4 seconds 36
Between 600 and 800 4 seconds 48
Between 800 and 1000 5 seconds 84
Between 1000 and 1200 7 seconds 100
Between 1200 and 1500 8 seconds 120
VRRP Conguration
By default, VRRP is not congured.
Conguration Task List
The following list species the conguration tasks for VRRP.
• Creating a Virtual Router (mandatory)
• Conguring the VRRP Version for an IPv4 Group (optional)
• Assign Virtual IP Addresses mandatory)
• Setting VRRP Group (Virtual Router) Priority (optional)
• Conguring VRRP Authentication (optional)
• Disabling Preempt (optional)
• Changing the Advertisement Interval (optional)
• Setting VRRP Initialization Delay
• Track an Interface or Object
• Tracking a Metric Threshold
• Tracking Route Reachability
For a complete listing of all commands related to VRRP, refer to Dell Networking OS Command Line Reference Guide.
Creating a Virtual Router
To enable VRRP, create a virtual router. In the Dell Networking Operating System, the virtual router identier (VRID) identies a VRRP
group.
To enable or delete a virtual router, use the following commands.
• Create a virtual router for that interface with a VRID.
INTERFACE mode
vrrp-group vrid
The VRID range is from 1 to 255.
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
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