Enabling Layer 3 Vsrp; Configuring Optional Vsrp Parameters; Disabling Vsrp On A Vrid; Configuring Authentication - Dell PowerConnect B-RX Configuration Manual

4. Enable VSRP on the VRID.
For information about the command's optional parameters, see the following:
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Enabling Layer 3 VSRP

Layer 2 VSRP is enabled globally by default on the device; it just needs to be activated or enabled
on a VRID. If you want to use Layer 3 VSRP, you must enable it by entering the following command
at the CONFIG level.
BigIron RX(config)# router vsrp
Syntax: [no] router vsrp
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Configuring optional VSRP parameters

The following sections describe how to configure optional VSRP parameters.

Disabling VSRP on a VRID

If you want to deactivate VSRP on a VRID, enter the following command.
BigIron RX(config-vlan-200-vrid-1)# disable
Syntax: disable

Configuring authentication

If the interfaces on which you configure the VRID use authentication, the VSRP packets on those
interfaces also must use the same authentication. VSRP supports the following authentication
types:
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Syntax: [no] backup [priority <value>] [track-priority <value>]
The backup command is required. In VSRP, all devices on which a VRID are configured are
Backups. The Master is then elected based on the VSRP priority of each device. There is no
"owner" device as there is in VRRP.
BigIron RX(config-vlan-200-vrid-1)# enable
Syntax: [no] enable
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Syntax: [no] activate
"Changing the backup priority"
"Changing the default track priority"
If you want to provide Layer 3 redundancy only, you could use VRRP or VRRP-Extended. You
may use router vrrp or router vrrp-extended as long as router vsrp is not enabled.
No authentication – The interfaces do not use authentication. This is the default.
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