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Configuring VRF-lite
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide a secure way for customers to share bandwidth over an ISP
backbone network. A VPN is a collection of sites sharing a common routing table. A customer site is
connected to the service provider network by one or more interfaces, and the service provider associates
each interface with a VPN routing table. A VPN routing table is called a VPN routing/forwarding (VRF)
table.
With the VRF-lite feature, the Catalyst 4500 series switch supports multiple VPN routing/forwarding
instances in customer edge devices. (VRF-lite is also termed multi-VRF CE, or multi-VRF Customer
Edge Device). VRF-lite allows a service provider to support two or more VPNs with overlapping IP
addresses using one interface.
This document addresses both IPv4 and IPv6 VRF-lite.
Note Starting with Cisco IOS Release 12.2(52)SG, the Catalyst 4500 switch supports VRF-lite NSF support
with routing protocols OSPF/EIGRP/BGP.
This chapter includes these topics:
• About VRF-lite, page 43-2
• VRF-lite Configuration Guidelines, page 43-3
• Configuring VRF-lite for IPv4, page 43-4
• Configuring VRF-lite for IPv6, page 43-14
• VPN Co-existence Between IPv4 and IPv6, page 43-27
• Migrating from the Old to New CLI Scheme, page 43-27
Note The switch does not use Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to support VPNs. For information about
MPLS VRF, refer to the Cisco IOS Switching Services Configuration Guide at:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/mpls/configuration/guide/mp_vpn_ipv4_ipv6_ps6922_TSD_Pro
ducts_Configuration_Guide_Chapter.html
For complete syntax and usage information for the switch commands used in this chapter, see the
Cisco IOS Command Reference Guides for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switch.
If a command is not in the Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Command Reference , you can locate it in
the Cisco IOS Master Command List, All Releases.
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