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    VRF-Lite allows routers to create separate virtual routing instances to isolate traffic between virtual routers. It works by assigning interfaces, routing tables, and forwarding tables to virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instances. Configuring VRF-Lite involves creating VRFs, assigning interfaces to VRFs, and enabling routing protocols for each VRF. This provides true separation between traffic of different customers or sites.

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    VRF-Lite allows routers to create separate virtual routing instances to isolate traffic between virtual routers. It works by assigning interfaces, routing tables, and forwarding tables to virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instances. Configuring VRF-Lite involves creating VRFs, assigning interfaces to VRFs, and enabling routing protocols for each VRF. This provides true separation between traffic of different customers or sites.

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    VRF-Lite allows routers to create separate virtual routing instances to isolate traffic between virtual routers. It works by assigning interfaces, routing tables, and forwarding tables to virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instances. Configuring VRF-Lite involves creating VRFs, assigning interfaces to VRFs, and enabling routing protocols for each VRF. This provides true separation between traffic of different customers or sites.

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    VRF-Lite allows routers to create separate virtual routing instances to isolate traffic between virtual routers. It works by assigning interfaces, routing tables, and forwarding tables to virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instances. Configuring VRF-Lite involves creating VRFs, assigning interfaces to VRFs, and enabling routing protocols for each VRF. This provides true separation between traffic of different customers or sites.

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    VRF-LITE

    Virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) is a technology


    that creates
    separate virtual routers on a physical router. Router
    interfaces,
    routing tables, and forwarding tables are completely
    isolated
    between VRFs, preventing traffic from one VRF from
    forwarding
    into another VRF. All router interfaces belong to the
    global VRF
    until they are specifically assigned to a user-defined
    VRF. The
    global VRF is identical to the regular routing table of
    non-VRF
    routers.
    The use of Cisco VRF-Lite technology has the following
    advantages:
    Allows for true routing and forwarding separation
    Simplifies the management and troubleshooting of the traffic
    belonging to the specific VRF, because separate forwarding tables
    are
    used to switch that traffic
    Enables the support for alternate default routes
    Configuring VRF-Lite
    Follow these steps when configuring a Cisco router for
    VRF-Lite
    support:
    Step 1. Create the VRF(s).
    Step 2. Assign interface(s) to the VRF.
    Step 3. Enable routing for the VRF.
    Step 1: Create the VRFs
    Router(config)# ip Creates an IPv4 VRF called GUEST using
    vrf GUEST the old VRF CLI format
    Router(config-vrf)#
    Exits VRF configuration mode
    exit
    Router(config)# vrf Creates a VRF called STAFF using the new
    definition STAFF VRF CLI format
    Router(config-vrf)# Enables the IPv4 address family for the
    address-family ipv4 STAFF VRF using the new VRF CLI format
    Router(config-vrf
    Exits the IPv4 address family
    af)# exit
    Router(config-vrf)# Enables the IPv6 address family for the
    address-family ipv6 STAFF VRF using the new VRF CLI format
    Router(config-vrf
    Exits the IPv6 address family
    af)# exit
    Router(config-vrf)#
    Exits VRF configuration mode
    exit

    Step 2: Assign an Interface to the VRF


    Router(config)#
    interface Enters interface configuration mode
    gigabitethernet 0/0/0
    Assigns the GigabitEthernet 0/0/0
    Router(config-if)# ip
    interface to the GUEST VRF using the
    vrf forwarding GUEST
    old CLI format
    Router(config-if)#
    interface Enters interface configuration mode
    gigabitethernet 0/0/1
    Assigns the GigabitEthernet 0/0/1
    Router(config-if)# vrf
    interface to the STAFF VRF using the
    forwarding STAFF
    new CLI format

    Step 3: Enable Routing for the VRF


    The following configuration examples demonstrate
    how IPv4 VRFs
    can be associated with a routing process. The same
    commands
    would apply for IPv6 VRFs.
    Router(config)# ip route vrf Defines a default route for
    GUEST 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 172.16.16.2 the GUEST VRF
    Router(config)# router ospf 1 vrf Enables OSPFv2 for the
    STAFF STAFF VRF
    Router(config)# router ospfv3 1 Enables OSPFv3
    Router(config-router)# address- Assigns the STAFF VRF to

    family ipv4 unicast vrf STAFF


    the IPv4 unicast address
    family
    Router(config)# router eigrp Enables EIGRP using
    CISCO named mode configuration
    Router(config-router)# address Assigns the GUEST VRF to
    family ipv4 unicast vrf GUEST the IPv4 unicast address
    autonomous-system 100 family for AS 100
    Router(config)# router bgp 65001 Enables BGP for AS 65001
    Router(config-router)# address Assigns the STAFF VRF to
    family ipv4 vrf STAFF the IPv4 address family
    Note
    Cisco IOS supports the old and new VRF CLI formats. Old Cisco IOS VRF configuration style supports IPv4 only.
    New multiprotocol VRF CLI now supports both IPv4 and IPv6. Cisco IOS offers a migration tool that upgrades a
    VRF instance or all VRFs configured on the router to support multiple address families under the same VRF. The
    vrf upgrade-cli multi-af-mode {common-policies | non-common-policies} [vrf vrf-name] command is issued in
    global configuration mode.

    Verifying VRF-Lite
    Displays a list of all configured VRFs, their
    Router# show vrf
    address families, and their interfaces
    Router# show vrf Provides detailed information about a specific
    detail vrf-name VRF

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