The HSRP group IDs do not have to be contiguous. You can pick any 16 group IDs in the allowed group ID range (0-255). However, only 16 group IDs can be used from that range. MSFC1, MSFC3 (Supervisor Engine 720), or MSFC2A (Supervisor Engine 32) can use any number of group IDs from that range.
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