
Operation Manual – IPv4 Routing
H3C S3610&S5510 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 6 Routing Policy Configuration
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Chapter 6 Routing Policy Configuration
A routing policy is used on a router for route inspection, filtering, attributes modification
when routes are received, advertised, or redistributed.
When configuring routing policy, go to these sections for information you are interested
in:
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Introduction to Routing Policy
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Routing Policy Configuration Task List
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Displaying and Maintaining the Routing Policy
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Routing Policy Configuration Example
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Troubleshooting Routing Policy Configuration
Note:
Routing policy described in this chapter includes both IPv4 routing policy and IPv6
routing policy. Configurations of the two are similar, and differences are described in
related sections.
6.1 Introduction to Routing Policy
6.1.1 Routing Policy and Policy Routing
A routing policy is used on the router for route inspection, filtering, attributes modifying
when routes are received, advertised, or redistributed.
Policy routing is a routing mechanism based on the user-defined policies.
This chapter describes only routing policy configuration and usage, refer to
IP Unicast
Policy Routing Configuration
in the
IP Services Volume
for policy routing information.
When distributing or receiving routing information, a router can use a routing policy to
filter routing information. For example, a router receives or advertises only routing
information that matches the criteria of a routing policy; a routing protocol redistributes
routes from another protocol only routes matching the criteria of a routing policy and
modifies some attributes of these routes to satisfy its needs using the routing policy.
To implement a routing policy, you need to define a set of match criteria according to
attributes in routing information, such as destination address, advertising router’s