Solution
The standby preempt command and the standby track command work together to ensure that the optimal path is taken in a redundant network setup.
The standby preempt command enables the Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP) router with the highest priority to immediately become the active router. Priority is determined first by the configured priority value, and then by the IP address. In each case a higher value is of greater priority. When a higher priority router preempts a lower priority router, it sends a coup message. When a lower priority active router receives a Coup message or a Hello message from an active, higher priority router, it changes to the Speak state and sends a resign message.
The standby track command allows you to specify another interface on the router for the HSRP process to monitor in order to alter the HSRP priority for a given group. If the specified interface's line protocol goes down, the HSRP priority is reduced. This means that another HSRP router with higher priority can become the active router if it has standby preempt enabled.
For configuration examples and related information, refer to How to Use the standby preempt and standby track Commands.
