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2221 | vrrp Dell Networking W-Series ArubaOS 6.4.x| User Guide
Parameter Description Range Default
advertise
Specifies the time, in seconds,
between successive VRRP
advertisements sent by the
current master.
Best practices are to use the
default value.
1-60
seconds
1 second
(1s=1000m
s)
authentication
Configure an optional password
of up to eight characters to be
used to authenticate VRRP
peers in their advertisements.
The password must be the
same on both members of the
redundant pair.
The password is sent in plain-
text and therefore should not be
treated as a security measure.
Rather, the purpose of the
password is to guard against
misconfigurations in the event
that other VRRP devices exist on
the same network.
Note: This parameter is supported
only for IPv4.
8
characters
—
description
Configure an optional text string
to describe the VRRP instance.
1-80
characters
—
holdtime <secs>
The VRRP virtual router does not
begin listening to
advertisements until the
holdtime expires. If your
deployment includes a VRRP
master with preemption
disabled and an uplink switch is
running RSTP, a higher value
will prevent the VRRP master
from regaining the master state
after it reboots.
30-120
seconds.
45 seconds.
ip address
Configure the virtual IP address
that will be owned by the
elected VRRP master. Use the
same IP address on each
member of the redundant pair.
This IP address will be
redundant - it will be active on
the VRRP master, and will
become active on the VRRP
backup in the event that the
VRRP master fails.
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