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For a virtual group, you can track the line-protocol state or the routing status of any of the following interfaces with the
interface interface parameter:
● 10 Gigabit Ethernet: enter tengigabitethernet slot/port.
● Port channel: enter port-channel number.
● VLAN: enter vlan vlan-id where valid VLAN IDs are from 1 to 4094.
For a virtual group, you can also track the status of a configured object (the track object-id command) by entering its
object number.
NOTE: You can configure a tracked object for a VRRP group (using the track object-id command in INTERFACE-
VRID mode) before you actually create the tracked object (using a track object-id command in CONFIGURATION
mode). However, no changes in the VRRP group’s priority occur until the tracked object is defined and determined to be
down.
Tracking an Interface
To track an interface, use the following commands.
NOTE: The sum of all the costs for all tracked interfaces must be less than the configured priority of the VRRP group.
● Monitor an interface and, optionally, set a value to be subtracted from the interface’s VRRP group priority.
INTERFACE-VRID mode
track interface [priority-cost cost]
The cost range is from 1 to 254.
The default is 10.
● (Optional) Display the configuration and the UP or DOWN state of tracked objects, including the client (VRRP group) that is
tracking an object’s state.
EXEC mode or EXEC Privilege mode
show track
● (Optional) Display the configuration and the UP or DOWN state of tracked interfaces and objects in VRRP groups, including
the time since the last change in an object’s state.
EXEC mode or EXEC Privilege mode
show vrrp
● (Optional) Display the configuration of tracked objects in VRRP groups on a specified interface.
EXEC mode or EXEC Privilege mode
show running-config interface interface
Example of the track Command
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1)#vrrp-group 111
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)#track tengigabitethernet 1/2
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)#
Example of Verifying the Tracking Configuration
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)#show conf
!
vrrp-group 111
advertise-interval 10
authentication-type simple 7 387a7f2df5969da4
no preempt
priority 255
track Tengigabitethernet 1/2
virtual-address 10.10.10.1
virtual-address 10.10.10.2
virtual-address 10.10.10.3
virtual-address 10.10.10.10
Dell(conf-if-te-1/1-vrid-111)#
Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)
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