CLI Guide

Layer 3 Routing Commands 1906
priority
Use this command to set the priority level of the device within a Virtual
Router Redundancy Protocol version 3 (VRRPv3) group. The priority level
controls which device becomes the master virtual router. To set the priority to
the default, use the no form of this command.
Syntax
priority level
no priority
• level —Priority of the device within the VRRP group. The range is from 1
to 254.
Default Configuration
The default priority is 100.
Command Mode
VRRPv3 Group Configuration mode
User Guidelines
Use this command to control which device is selected to become the master
virtual router in an election. The numerically larger priority is selected as the
master device. In the case of a tie, the higher IP address is used to select the
master.
Command History
Command introduced in version 6.6 firmware.
Example
The following example configures the switch with a priority of 254:
console(config-if-vrrp)#priority 254