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Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
(VRF) is supported only on platform:
e
VRF allows a physical router to partition itself into multiple Virtual Routers (VRs). The control and data
plane are isolated in each VR so that traffic does NOT flow across VRs.Virtual Routing and Forwarding
(VRF) allows multiple instances of a routing table to co-exist within the same router at the same time.
VRF improves functionality by allowing network paths to be segmented without using multiple devices.
Using VRF also increases network security and can eliminate the need for encryption and authentication
due to traffic segmentation. Internet service providers (ISPs) often take advantage of VRF to create
separate virtual private networks (VPNs) for customers; VRF is also referred to as VPN routing and
forwarding.
VRF is implemented in a network device by having a distinct Forwarding Information Base (FIB) per VRF
instance. A network device has the ability to configure different virtual routers, so that each has its own
FIB that is not accessible to any other virtual router instance on the same device.
VRF acts like a logical router; while a physical router may include many routing tables, a VRF instance
uses only a single routing table. VRF uses a forwarding table that designates the next hop for each data
packet, a list of devices that may be called upon to forward the packet, and a set of rules and routing
protocols that govern how the packet is forwarded. These VRF forwarding tables prevent traffic from
being forwarded outside a specific VRF path and also keep out traffic that should remain outside the VRF
path.
VRF uses interfaces to distinguish routes for different VRF instances. Interfaces in a VRF can be either
physical (Ethernet port or port channel) or logical (VLANs). Starting in release 8.4.1.0, you can configure
identical or overlapping IP subnets on different interfaces if each interface belongs to a different VRF
instance.
Summary of Contents for Force10 E300
Page 1: ...FTOS Configuration Guide FTOS 8 4 2 7 E Series TeraScale C Series S Series S50 S25 ...
Page 32: ...32 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 132: ...132 802 1X w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 310: ...310 Configuration Replace and Rollback w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 330: ...330 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 402: ...402 High Availability w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 462: ...462 Interfaces w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 482: ...482 IPv4 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 506: ...506 IPv6 Addressing w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 582: ...582 Layer 2 w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 642: ...642 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 662: ...662 Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 690: ...690 Object Tracking w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 754: ...754 PIM Dense Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 784: ...784 PIM Source Specific Mode w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 800: ...800 Power over Ethernet w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 876: ...876 Quality of Service w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 892: ...892 Routing Information Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1006: ...1006 Simple Network Management Protocol w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1018: ...1018 SONET SDH w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1048: ...1048 Broadcast Storm Control w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1096: ...1096 Uplink Failure Detection UFD w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1098: ...1098 Upgrade Procedures w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1196: ...1196 C Series Debugging and Diagnostics w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1252: ...1252 Standards Compliance w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...
Page 1262: ...1262 Index w w w d e l l c o m s u p p o r t d e l l c o m ...