Configuring the WSM using Device Manager

Configuring VRRP group parameters

You can associate all virtual routers into a single logical virtual router, which forces all virtual routers on the WSM to either be master or backup as a group. A virtual router is defined by its virtual router ID and an IP address. On each VRRP-capable routing device participating in redundancy for this virtual router, a virtual router will be configured to share the same virtual router ID and IP address.

Note: You must configure VRRP group parameters when using at least two WSMs in a hot-standby failover configuration, where only one WSM is active at any given time.

To configure VRRP group parameters:

1. From the Device view, select the Web Switching Module.

The Web Switching Module is highlighted.

2. From the Edit menu, select WSM Card > Virtual Routing.

The Virtual Routing dialog box opens to the General tab.

3. Click the Groups tab.

The Groups tab opens.

4. Click Insert.

The Insert Groups dialog box opens.

5. In the Virtual Router Group field, type the index number of the VRRP virtual router.
6. In the VRID field, type the virtual router group identifier (1 - 255).
7. In the IP Interface field, type the WSM IP interface number (1 - 255).
8. In the Advertisement Interval field, type an integer (1 - 255) to designate the interval in seconds between VRRP master advertisements.
9. In the Priority field, type an integer (1 - 254) to designate the election priority bias for this virtual router group.
10. In the Preemption field, click Enabled or Disabled to designate whether this VRRP router is to preempt a low priority Master.
11. In the Load Sharing field, click Enabled or Disabled to designate whether this WSM will process traffic addressed to this virtual router, even when in backup mode.
12. Click Insert > Close.

The VRRP router group is inserted into the Groups tab, and the Insert Groups dialog box closes.

13. From the Groups tab, click Set > Apply > Close.

The changes are applied to the WSM, and the Virtual Routing dialog box.

14. To save the change, right-click the WSM card and choose one of the following from the shortcut menu:
• Save configuration (backup)--Saves changes to the active and backup WSM configuration blocks.
• Save configuration (no backup)--Saves changes to the active WSM configuration block.