Configure VRRP tracking

Updated: April 24, 2026

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Details procedures for configuring VRRP tracking, including tasks for setting up object trackers with feature templates and associating object trackers with VRRP on VPN interface templates to enable advanced tracking.

Configure an object tracker using a feature template

Use the Cisco System template to configure an object tracker.

Procedure

From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose ConfigurationTemplates.

Click Feature Templates.

Note

In Cisco SD-WAN Release 20.7.x and earlier releases, Feature Templates is titled Feature.

Navigate to the Cisco System template for the device.

Click Tracker and choose New Object Tracker to configure the tracker parameters.

Table 1. Tracker Parameters
Field	Description
Tracker Type	Choose Interface or SIG or Route to configure the object tracker.
Object ID	Enter the object ID number.
Interface	Choose global or device-specific tracker interface name.
Route IP	Enter the IP route prefix to track the state of an IP route.
Route IP Mask	Enter the prefix mask.
VPN	Enter the VPN number.

Click Add.

Optionally, to create a tracker group, click Tracker, and click Tracker Groups > New Object Tracker Groups to configure the tracker parameters.

Note

Ensure that you have created two trackers to create a track group.

Table 2. Object Tracker Group Parameters
Field	Description
Group Tracker ID	Enter the name of the tracker group.
Tracker ID	Enter the name of the object tracker that you want to group.
Criteria	Choose AND or OR explicitly. OR ensures that the transport interface status is reported as active if either one of the associated trackers of the tracker group reports that the route is active. If you choose AND operation, the transport interface status is reported as active if both the associated trackers of the tracker group report that the route is active.

Note

Provide information in all the mandatory fields before you save the template.

Click Add.

Click Save.

Configure VRRP for a VPN interface template and associate interface object tracker

To configure VRRP for a Cisco VPN template, do the following:

Procedure

From the Cisco SD-WAN Manager menu, choose Configuration > Templates .

Click Feature Templates.

Note

In Cisco SD-WAN Release 20.7.x and earlier releases, Feature Templates is titled Feature.

Navigate to the Cisco VPN Interface Ethernet template for the device.

Note

For information about creating a new Cisco VPN Interface Ethernet template, see Configure VPN Ethernet Interface.

Click VRRP and choose IPv4.

Click New VRRP to create a new VRRP or edit the existing VRRP and configure the following parameters:


Parameter Name	Description
TLOC Preference Change	(Optional) Choose On or Off to set whether the TLOC preference can be changed or not.
TLOC Preference Change Value	(Optional) Enter the TLOC preference change. Range: 1 to 4294967295.

Click the Add Tracking Object link, and in the Tracking Object dialog box that is displayed, click Add Tracking Object.

In the Tracker ID field, enter the Interface Object ID or Object Group Tracker ID.

From the Action drop-down list, choose Decrement and enter the Decrement Value as 1. Cisco vEdge Devices support decrement value of 1.

Choose Shutdown

Click Add to save the VRRP details, then click Save to save the configuration.

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