User Guide

Configuring Redundancy 29
Chapter 4
The following shows an example configuration of the Master switch in such a
topology for one of the VLANs (in this case VLAN 22).
(Alcatel4324) (config) #vrrp 22
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #vlan 22
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #ip address 10.200.22.254
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #priority 100
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #preempt
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #authentication password
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #description
Master-acting-as-backup-to-local
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #tracking master-up-time 30 add 20
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #no shutdown
The following shows the configuration on the corresponding local switch.
(Alcatel4324) (config) #vrrp 22
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #vlan 22
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #ip address 10.200.22.254
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #priority 110
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #preempt
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #authentication password
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #description local-backed-by-master
(Alcatel4324) (config-vrrp) #no shutdown
Step 5 authentication
password (Optional)
Optional
authentication
password that is
used to
authenticate
packets between
VRRP peers
Any password of up to 8
characters can be
configured on both the
peer switches. This is an
optional configuration.
Step 6
description description
(Optional)
Optional
description to the
VRRP instance.
Any text description can
be configured in this
field. This is an optional
configuration.
Step 7 no shutdown Administratively
enables the VRRP
instance.
N/A.