This boolean object controls whether this specific virtual router responds to ping requests sent to its virtual IP address while it is master, or while acting as backup. Administrators use it to decide whether the virtual IP should be pingable for reachability testing, though the global hpicfVrrpRespondToPing setting must also be enabled for pings to be answered. By default this per-router object is enabled, so an admin who wants a particular virtual router's IP to stay silent to ICMP would explicitly disable it.