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). لكن, only 16 group IDs can be used from that range. MSFC1, MSFC3 (محرك المشرف 720), or MSFC2A (محرك المشرف 32) can use any number of group IDs from that range.