Reference Guide
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) | 1543
Parameters
Defaults
cost
 = 10
Command Modes
VRRP
Command
History
Usage
Information
If the interface is disabled, the cost value is subtracted from the priority value and 
forces a new MASTER election if the priority value is lower than the priority value in 
the BACKUP virtual routers.
virtual-address
c e s
Configure up to 12 IP addresses of virtual routers in the VRRP group. You must set at 
least one virtual address for the VRRP group to start sending VRRP packets. 
Syntax
virtual-address ip-address1 [... ip-address12]
To delete one or more virtual IP addresses, use the 
no virtual-address ip-address1 [... 
ip-address12] command.
interface
Enter the following keywords and slot/port or number information:
• For a 1-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword 
GigabitEthernet 
followed by the slot/port information. 
• For a Loopback interface, enter the keyword 
loopback followed by a number 
from 0 to 16383.
• For Port Channel interface types, enter the keyword 
port-channel followed 
by the number:
C-Series and S-Series Range: 1-128
E-Series Range: 1 to 32 for EtherScale, 1 to 255 for TeraScale
• For SONET interfaces, enter the keyword 
sonet followed by the slot/port 
information. 
• For a 10-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the keyword 
TenGigabitEthernet 
followed by the slot/port information. 
• For a VLAN interface, enter the keyword 
vlan followed by a number from 1 
to 4094.
cost
(OPTIONAL) Enter a number as the amount to be subtracted from the priority 
value.
Range: 1 to 254. 
Default: 10.
Version 8.3.19.0 Introduced on S4820T
Version 8.3.7.0 Introduced on S4810
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