version

Sets the version number for a Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP) session.
Syntax
version { v2 | v3 }
no version { v2 | v3 }
Command Default

VRRP version 2 is the default.

Parameters
v2
Configures VRRP version 2 for this session.
v3
Configures VRRP version 3 for this session.
Modes

Virtual routing ID interface configuration mode

Usage Guidelines

The no form of this command resets the VRRP session to the default of version 2.

VRRP version 2 supports IPv4 addresses, and VRRP version 3 supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.

Note: Mixed mode (VRRPv2 and VRRPv3) is not supported in the same VRRP virtual routing ID (VRID) session.
Examples

The following example sets VRRP routing instance VRID 1 to version 3. 

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)# version v3
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