Users Guide

Layer 3 Routing Commands 1909
• text—Descriptive text. Enclose the description in quotes if embedded
blanks are desired.
Default Configuration
No descriptive text is assigned.
Command Mode
Virtual Router Configuration
User Guidelines
There are no user guidelines for this command.
Example
The following example shows the assignment of descriptive text to a VRF.
console(config)#ip vrf Red
console(config-vrf-Red)#description “Backbone to Gateway”
console(config-vrf-Red)#exit
ip vrf
This command creates a virtual router with a specified name and enters
Virtual Router Configuration mode. If the virtual router instance already
exists, it simply enter virtual router configuration mode. This command
optionally reserves the number of routes allowed as well as sets the maximum
limit on the number of routes for a virtual router instance, in the total routing
table space for the router, provided there is enough free space in the router’s
total routing table.
Syntax
ip vrf vrf-name
no ip vrf vrf-name
• vrf-name —The name of a VRF. The length of the VRF name is limited to
15 alphanumeric characters. The following special characters are not
allowed in the name: % : spaces
The following characters are allowed in the VRF name provided they are
escaped (preceded) with a backslash (\): & \ ` ) ( < > “