The VRRP feature must be purchased separately. Refer to Chapter 6, Licencing to know more about licences.
Add the resource to the Abilis system with the following command:
[15:43:30] ABILIS_CPX:a res:vrrpRES:VRRP ALREADY EXISTS
The VRRP resource may already exist in the system, but may not yet be active: set it active with the command:
[16:02:48] ABILIS_CPX:s act res:vrrpCOMMAND EXECUTED
| ![[Caution]](../images/caution.png) | Caution | 
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| After adding or setting the VRRP active, you must restart the Abilis to make the resource running (use the command warm start to reboot the Abilis). | 
[16:51:53] ABILIS_CPX:s p vrrp act:yesCOMMAND EXECUTED [16:52:04] ABILIS_CPX:d p vrrpRES:Vrrp - Not Saved (SAVE CONF), Not Refreshed (INIT) ------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCR:Virtual_Router_Redundancy_Protocol LOG:NO ACT:YES mxps:256 TOS:0-N
Use the following command to display the parameters of the resource; by typing d p vrrp ? command it is possible to display the meaning of all parameters.
[16:52:04] ABILIS_CPX:d p vrrp
RES:Vrrp ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Run    DESCR:Virtual_Router_Redundancy_Protocol
       LOG:NO         ACT:NO         mxps:256        TOS:0-NMeaning of the parameters:
The following command allows the administrator to change the configuration of the resource:
s p vrrp   parameter:value... 
| ![[Caution]](../images/caution.png) | Caution | 
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| To activate the changes made on the upper case parameters, execute the initialization command init res:vrrp; while to set act the changes made on the lowercase parameters a save conf and an Abilis restart are required (i.e. with warm start command). |