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Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (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 Overview
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 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). You can configure identical or overlapping IP subnets on different interfaces if each interface
belongs to a different VRF instance.
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)
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Страница 1: ...Dell Configuration Guide for the S4048 ON System 9 9 0 0 ...
Страница 146: ...Figure 14 BFD Three Way Handshake State Changes 146 Bidirectional Forwarding Detection BFD ...
Страница 477: ...Figure 68 Inspecting Configuration of LAG 10 on ALPHA Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP 477 ...
Страница 480: ...Figure 70 Inspecting a LAG Port on BRAVO Using the show interface Command 480 Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP ...
Страница 481: ...Figure 71 Inspecting LAG 10 Using the show interfaces port channel Command Link Aggregation Control Protocol LACP 481 ...
Страница 522: ...Figure 87 Configuring Interfaces for MSDP 522 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP ...
Страница 523: ...Figure 88 Configuring OSPF and BGP for MSDP Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP 523 ...
Страница 524: ...Figure 89 Configuring PIM in Multiple Routing Domains 524 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP ...
Страница 528: ...Figure 91 MSDP Default Peer Scenario 1 528 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP ...
Страница 529: ...Figure 92 MSDP Default Peer Scenario 2 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP 529 ...
Страница 530: ...Figure 93 MSDP Default Peer Scenario 3 530 Multicast Source Discovery Protocol MSDP ...
Страница 633: ...Policy based Routing PBR 633 ...
Страница 777: ...Figure 119 Single and Double Tag TPID Match Service Provider Bridging 777 ...
Страница 778: ...Figure 120 Single and Double Tag First byte TPID Match 778 Service Provider Bridging ...