Enabling a VRRP-E device

This task is performed on any device that is designated as a VRRP extended (VRRP-E) device. For each VRRP-E virtual routing instance, there is one master device and all other devices are backups; but, unlike VRRP, every device is configured as a backup and the device with the highest priority becomes the master VRRP-E device. Repeat this task for all devices that are to be designated as VRRP-E devices.
NOTE
Only VRRP or VRRP-E can be enabled in your network.
  1. On the device designated as a VRRP-E device, from privileged EXEC mode, enter global configuration mode by issuing the configure terminal command. 
    device# configure terminal
  2. Globally enable VRRP-E. 
    device(config)# router vrrp-extended
  3. Configure the Ethernet interface link. 
    device(config-vrrpe-router)# interface ethernet 1/1/5
  4. Configure the IP address of the interface. All devices configured for the same virtual router ID (VRID) must be on the same subnet. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5)# ip address 10.53.5.3/24
  5. Assign the device to VRID 1. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5)# ip vrrp-extended vrid 1
    NOTE
    You can assign a VRID number in the range of 1 through 255.
  6. Designate this router as a backup VRRP device. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-1)# backup priority 110
    While configuring a backup device, you can set a priority that is used when a master VRRP device goes offline. The backup device with the highest priority will assume the role of master device.
  7. Configure the VRRP version. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-1)# version 2
  8. Configure the IP address of the VRID. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-1)# ip-address 10.53.5.254
    The IP address associated with the VRID must not be configured on any of the devices used for VRRP-E.
  9. Enable the VRRP-E session. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-1)# activate
VRRP-E router 1 for this interface is activating

The following example configures a VRRP-E device. 

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router vrrp-extended
device(config-vrrpe-router)# interface ethernet 1/1/5
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5)# ip address 10.53.5.3/24
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5)# ip vrrp-extended vrid 1
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-1)# backup priority 110
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-1)# version 2
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-1)# ip-address 10.53.5.254
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/5-vrid-1)# activate
VRRP-E router 1 for this interface is activating
Parent topic: VRRPv2