Setup Guide

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VRF Configuration Notes
Although there is no restriction on the number of VLANs that can be assigned to a VRF instance, the total number of routes supported in
VRF is limited by the size of the IPv4 CAM.
VRF is implemented in a network device by using Forwarding Information Bases (FIBs).
A network device may have the ability to configure different virtual routers, where entries in the FIB that belong to one VRF cannot be
accessed by another VRF on the same device. Only Layer 3 interfaces can belong to a VRF. VRF is supported on following types of
interface:
Physical Ethernet interfaces
Port-channel interfaces (static & dynamic using LACP)
VLAN interfaces
Loopback interfaces
VRF supports route redistribution between routing protocols (including static routes) only when the routes are within the same VRF.
uses both the VRF name and VRF ID to manage VRF instances. The VRF name and VRF ID number are assigned using the ip vrf
command. The VRF ID is displayed in show ip vrf command output.
The VRF ID is not exchanged between routers. VRF IDs are local to a router.
While using /32 route leak, do not use VLAN interface as Next-hop. This would result in packets being soft-forwarded by CPU, which
might lead to latency and packet drop.
If the next-hop IP in a static route VRF statement is VRRP IP of another VRF, this static route does not get installed on the VRRP master.
VRF supports some routing protocols only on the default VRF (default-vrf) instance. Table 1 displays the software features supported in
VRF and whether they are supported on all VRF instances or only the default VRF.
NOTE:
To configure a router ID in a non-default VRF, configure at least one IP address in both the default as well as the
non-default VRF.
Table 137. Software Features Supported on VRF
Feature/Capability Support Status for Default VRF Support Status for Non-default VRF
802.1x protocol on the VLAN port Yes Yes
OSPF, RIP, ISIS, BGP on physical and logical
interfaces
Yes Yes
NOTE: RIP is not supported on non-
default VRF.
Dynamic Port-channel (LACP) on VLAN
port or a Layer 3 port
Yes Yes
Static Port-channel as VLAN port or a Layer
3 port
Yes Yes
Encapsulated Remote Port Monitoring Yes No
BFD on physical and logical interfaces Yes No
Multicast protocols (PIM-SM, MSDP) Yes Yes
NOTE: MSDP is not supported in
non-default VRF.
PIM-DM No No
Layer3 (IPv4/IPv6) ACLs on physical
interfaces and LAGs
Yes Yes
NOTE: IPv6 ACLs supported only in
default VRF
PBR, L3 QOS on physical interfaces and
LAGs
Yes No
Layer 3 (IPv4/IPv6) ACLs on VLANs Yes Yes
NOTE: IPv6 ACLs supported only in
default VRF.
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