ZyXEL Communications XGS-4526 User Manual

Chapter 42 VRRP

XGS-4526/4528F/4728F User’s Guide

After you set up an IP interface, configure the VRRP parameters in the VRRP 
Configuration screen. 

Figure 196   IP Application > VRRP Configuration > VRRP Parameters 

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Table 137   IP Application > VRRP Configuration > VRRP Parameters 

Active

Select this option to enable this VRRP entry. 

Name

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) for 
identification purposes. 

Network

Select an IP domain to which this VRRP entry applies. 

Virtual Router ID

Select a virtual router number (1 to 7) for which this VRRP entry is 
created. 

You can configure up to seven virtual routers for one network.

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Interval

Specify the number of seconds between Hello message 
transmissions. The default is 1. 

Preempt Mode

Select this option to activate preempt mode. 

Priority

Enter a number (between 1 and 254) to set the priority level. The 
bigger the number, the higher the priority.  

This field is 100 by default.

Uplink Gateway

Enter the IP address of the uplink gateway in dotted decimal 
notation. 

The Switch checks the link to the uplink gateway. 

Primary Virtual IP

Enter the IP address of the primary virtual router in dotted decimal 
notation. 

Secondary Virtual 
IP

This field is optional. Enter the IP address of a secondary virtual 
router in dotted decimal notation. This field is ignored when you 
enter 0.0.0.0.