Enabling an IPv4 VRRPv3 Owner Device

VRRPv3 supports IPv4 sessions as well as IPv6 sessions. To configure a VRRPv3 session for IPv4, assign a virtual router group with the VRRP version set to 3. This task is performed on the device that is designated as the owner VRRP device because the IP address of one of its physical interfaces is assigned as the IP address of the virtual router.

  1. On the device designated as the owner VRRP device, from privileged EXEC mode, enter global configuration mode by issuing the configure terminal command. 
    device# configure terminal
  2. Globally enable VRRP. 
    device(config)# router vrrp
  3. Configure an Ethernet interface. 
    device(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/6
  4. Configure the IP address of the interface. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6)# ip address 10.53.5.1/24
  5. Assign the virtual router ID (VRID) 1 to the interface. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6)# ip vrrp vrid 1
    Note: You can assign a VRID number in the range of 1 through 255.
  6. Designate this router as the VRRP owner device. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# owner
  7. Configure the VRRP version. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# version 3
    In this step, VRRPv3 is selected.
  8. Configure the IP address of the VRID. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# ip-address 10.53.5.1
  9. Enable the VRRP session. 
    device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# activate

The following example configures an IPv4 VRRPv3 owner device. 

device# configure terminal
device(config)# router vrrp
device(config)# interface ethernet 1/1/6
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6)# ip address 10.53.5.1/24
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6)# ip vrrp vrid 1
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# owner
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# version 3
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# ip-address 10.53.5.1
device(config-if-e1000-1/1/6-vrid-1)# activate
VRRP router 1 for this interface is activating
Parent topic: VRRPv3