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VPN Routing and Forwarding Instances Management
(Switch > VRFs)

Configuring VRF Settings

Adding VRFs

Editing VRFs

Deleting VRFs

VPN Routing and Forwarding Instances Management
(Switch > VRFs)

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CVDM-C6500 allows you to view and configure VPN Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instances. A VRF instance consists of an IP routing table, a derived forwarding table, a set of interfaces that use the forwarding table, and a set of rules and routing protocols that determine what goes into the forwarding table. VRF instances convert routers into multiple virtual routers by creating a separate forwarding table for each VPN.

See Configuring VRF Settings for more information about configuring your VRF instances.

Configuring VRF Settings

You can view information about the VRF instances on the switch. Click Switch at the top of the window, click VRF in the left-most pane, and select VRF Instances from the selector to display the VRF Instances page (see Figure 6-1).

Figure 6-1 VPN Routing/Forwarding Instances Page

This page provides a table that displays the following information:

Column	Description
Name	Name of the VRF.
Route Designator	VRF route designator.
Description	Brief description of the VRF.
Route Target	Contains the following subcolumns: •Export— Export route target for the VRF. •Import—Import route target for the VRF.
Interfaces in VRF	List of interfaces contained in the VRF.

From this page, you can access functions to do the following:

•Add a VRF. See Adding VRFs.

•Edit a VRF. See Editing VRFs.

•Delete a VRF. See Deleting VRFs.

Adding VRFs

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Step 1 Click Switch at the top of the window, click VRF in the left-most pane, and select VRF Instances in the selector.

Step 2 Click Add.... The Add VRF dialog box appears.

Step 3 Modify the appropriate values.

GUI Element	Action/Description
VRF Name field	Enter the name of the VRF.
Route Designator field	Enter the route designator for the VRF.
Description field	Enter a description of the VRF.
Import Routes from	Enter an import route target for the VRF.
Export Routes as	Enter the export target route of the VRF.
Interfaces in VRF table	Displays the interfaces contained in the VRF. To add a routed interface to the VRF, click Add.... The Select Routed Interfaces dialog box appears. See Select Routed Interfaces Dialog Box for more information. Note You must specify the name of the VRF before you can add a routed interface to it. To delete a routed interface, select the routed interface and click Delete.

Step 4 Click Deliver at the top of the window. For more information on delivering accumulated CLI commands, see Delivering CLI Commands to the Device.

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Select Routed Interfaces Dialog Box

GUI Element	Action/Description
Routed Interfaces table	Select the routed interface, then click OK. To select multiple interfaces, press the Ctrl key as you select each interface you want to add. The, click OK.

Editing VRFs

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Step 1 Click Switch at the top of the window, click VRF in the left-most pane, and select VRF Instances in the selector.

Step 2 Click Edit.... The Edit VRF dialog box appears.

Step 3 Modify the appropriate values.

GUI Element	Action/Description
VRF Name field	Enter the name of the VRF.
Route Designator field	Enter the route designator for the VRF.
Description field	Enter a description of the VRF.
Import Routes from	Enter an import route target for the VRF.
Export Routes as	Enter the export target route of the VRF.
Interfaces in VRF table	Displays the interfaces contained in the VRF. To add a routed interface to the VRF, click Add.... The Select Routed Interfaces dialog box appears. See Select Routed Interfaces Dialog Box for more information. Note You must specify the name of the VRF before you can add a routed interface to it. To delete a routed interface, select the routed interface and click Delete.

Step 4 Click Deliver at the top of the window. For more information on delivering accumulated CLI commands, see Delivering CLI Commands to the Device.

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Deleting VRFs

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Step 1 Click Switch at the top of the window, click VRF in the left-most pane, and select VRF Instances in the selector.

Step 2 From the table, select the VRF you want to delete.

Step 3 Click Delete.

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