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displayed by query, but must be set at initialization. After setting
the healthy state, the query will return the backup state.

backup

Used to reflect the backup state of vrrpd

master

Used to reflect the master state of vrrpd

The priority value is a value between 0 and 255. In the HA suite, the value is set to 254 minus
the number of ports that are link down.

The state or priority value for the local or peer can be displayed with the query command. The
following will query the state of the peer switch:

zpeer peer state query

The output from the above command during the boot process would be “unhealthy”

The -a option can be used to display a complete listing of all state and priority information and
internal information that can be used for debugging. Here is example output from the -a option.

Local/Write

Peer/Read

priority

203

231

state

master

backup

data

2|cb

2|e7

position byte|bit

2|8

2|0

status

50(ACK) 0()

The priority and state rows are the same values returned by the query command. The information
in the data, position and status rows are internal debugging information that is useful to support
engineers when diagnosing problems in the field.

The -r option should not be used while HA is running. It can cause loss of coordination between
the two switch planes. The -r option will reset all internal communication values, and possibly
require the peer to be reset also.

OPTIONS

-d

set debug level to <level>

-a

Display complete status of zpeer

-r

Reset all values in the zpeer communication. Can cause

loss of communication with the peer requiring the peer to

Ethernet Switch Blade User's Guide

release 3.2.2j

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