15.2.5 Priority setting

Assign a priority to a virtual router in the range from 1 to 254. The default priority is 100 if the virtual router is not the IP address owner. The priority of the IP address owner is fixed at 255 and cannot be changed.

Of the devices that make up a virtual router, the device with the highest priority becomes the master. If the master router fails, the backup router with the next highest priority assumes the master role.

Points to note

To make sure that only one virtual router becomes the master, assign different priorities to the virtual routers that have the same virtual router identifier.

Command examples

1. (config-if)# vrrp 1 priority 150

   Sets 150 as the priority of a virtual router VRID 1.