Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 4.0
Index

Table Of Contents

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Index

A

ABR 5-5

address formats

IPv4 2-2

IPv6 3-2

IPv6 (table) 3-2

address resolution protocol. See ARP

administrative distance

description 1-6

static routing 12-2

aggregatable global addresses. See IPv6

unicast addresses

areas 6-5

ARP

caching 2-3

configuring gratuitous ARP 2-11

configuring Local Proxy ARP 2-11

configuring Proxy ARP 2-10

configuring static ARP entries 2-9

description 2-2

gratuitous ARP 2-5

Local Proxy ARP 2-5

process (figure) 2-3

Proxy ARP 2-5

Reverse ARP 2-4

AS. See autonomous system

ASBR 5-5

AS confederations

configuring 10-22

description 10-4

AS numbers 1-5

AS-path lists

configuring 15-7

description 15-3

autonomous system

description 1-5

numbers (table) 1-5

B

bandwidth 1-4

BDR 5-3

BGP 9-6

administrative distances (table) 9-2

clearing neighbors 9-14

configuration modes 9-7

configuring dynamic capability 10-26

configuring maximum prefixes 10-25

configuring prefix peering 10-18

configuring route dampening 10-25

configuring with VRFs 10-33

default settings 9-20, 10-36

description9-1to9-6, 10-1to 10-9

disable the feature 9-10

displaying statistics 9-18, 10-35

eBGP 10-3

enable the feature 9-9

example configuration 9-19

feature history (table) 9-20

guidelines 9-7, 10-10

high availability 10-8

iBGP 10-3

ISSU 10-9

licensing requirements 9-6, 10-9

limitations 9-7, 10-10

MBGP 10-8

MIBs 7-26, 9-20

modifying next-hop address 10-20

path selection 9-3

prerequisites 9-7, 10-10

router ID 9-3

speakers 9-1

tuning 10-28

unicast RIB 9-6

verifying configuration 9-17, 10-34

virtualization support 9-6, 10-9

BGP aggregate addresses

configuring 10-26

BGP AS-path lists

configuring 15-7

description 15-3

BGP authentication

configuring 10-19

description 10-2

BGP autonomous systems

description 9-2

BGP capabilities negotiation

description 10-6

disabling 10-21

BGP community lists

configuring 15-8

description 15-3

BGP graceful restart

configuring 10-31

description 10-8

BGP instance

creating 9-10

deleting 9-11

restarting 9-12

BGP load balancing

configuring 10-25

BGP loadsharing

description 10-6

BGP multipath. See BGP loadsharing

BGP peers

authentication (note) 10-2

configuring 9-12

description 9-3

BGP route aggregation

description 10-7

BGP route dampening 10-6

BGP route redistribution

configuring 10-27

description 10-7

BGP sessions

reset options 10-3

resetting 10-20

route policies 10-3

BGP templates

configuring peer-policy templates 10-13

configuring peer templates 10-16

configuring session templates 10-11

description 10-2

peer-policy templates 10-2

peer-session templates 10-2

peer template 10-2

Border Gateway Protocol. See BGP

C

CDP 3-12

communication cost 1-4

community lists

configuring 15-8

description 15-3

comparing

link-state and distance vector routing algorithms 1-9

configuration limits

description (table) 2-1

D

default gateway

description 1-8

default settings

BGP 9-20, 10-36

DNS 4-7

EIGRP 7-25

GLBP 17-16

HSRP 18-16

IP 2-14

IPv6 3-24

IS-IS 8-28

object tracking 20-7

OSPF 5-43

OSPFv3 6-38

policy-based routing 16-7

RIP 11-18

Route Policy Manager 15-14

static routing 12-7

VRF 14-13

VRRP 19-20

delay 1-4

distance vector routing algorithms 1-9

distribution

RIP 11-3

DNS 3-12

configuring clients 4-3

configuring with VRFs 4-5

default settings 4-7

description 4-1

example configuration 4-7

guidelines 4-3

high availability 4-2

licensing requirements 4-2

limitations 4-3

name servers 4-2

operation 4-2

prerequisites 4-3

verifying configuration 4-7

virtualization 4-2

documentation

additional publications i-v

updates i-vi

domain name server. See DNS

DR 5-3

E

eBGP

configuring 10-21

configuring AS confederations 10-22

configuring multihop 10-21

description 10-3

disabling fast external failover 10-22

disabling single-hop checking 10-21

eBGP AS confederations. See AS confederations

ECMP. See equal cost multipath

EIGRP

authentication 7-4

configuring a summary address 7-15

configuring authentication 7-12

configuring graceful restart 7-18

configuring hello interval 7-20

configuring load balancing 7-17

configuring route redistribution 7-16

configuring stub routing 7-15

configuring with VRFs 7-22

creating an instance 7-9

default settings 7-25

deleting an instance 7-11

description7-1to 7-7

disabling an instance 7-12

disabling split horizon 7-20

disabling the feature 7-9

displaying statistics 7-24

DUAL algorithm 7-2

ECMP 7-6

enabling the feature 7-8

example configuration 7-24

external route metrics 7-4

feature history (table) 7-26

graceful restart 7-6

guidelines 7-8

high availability 7-6

hold time 7-2

internal route metrics 7-3

licensing requirements 7-7

limitations 7-8

load balancing 7-6

neighbor discovery 7-2

prerequisites 7-7

restarting an instance 7-11

route redistribution 7-5

route summarization 7-5

route updates 7-3

shutting down on an interface 7-12

split horizon 7-6

stub routers 7-5

tuning 7-20

unicast RIB 7-4

verifying configuration 7-23

virtualization support 7-6

equal cost multipath 1-6

external BGP. See eBGP

F

FIB

clearing routes 13-8

description 1-12, 13-1

displaying 13-4

feature history (table) 13-10

guidelines 13-3

licensing requirements 13-2

limitations 13-3

verifying 13-9

virtualization support 13-2

VRFs 1-12

forwarding

adjacency manager 1-11

architecture 1-10, 13-1

FIB 1-11

unicast forwarding distribution module 1-11

forwarding information base. See FIB

G

Gateway Load Balancing Protocol. See GLBP

GLBP

configuring authentication 17-8

configuring load balancing 17-9

configuring weighting and tracking 17-10

customizing 17-12

default settings 17-16

description 17-1

enabling a group 17-13

enabling the feature 17-7

example configuration 17-15

verifying configuration 17-15

graceful restart

BGP 10-8

configuring in BGP 10-31

configuring in EIGRP 7-18

configuring in IS-IS 8-20

configuring in OSPF 5-38

configuring in OSPFv3 6-33

EIGRP 7-6

OSPF 5-11

gratuitous ARP

configuring 2-11

description 2-5

H

high availability

BGP 10-8

DNS 4-2

EIGRP 7-6

HSRP 18-5

IS-IS 8-5

object tracking 20-2

OSPF 5-11

RIP 11-4

VRRP 19-5

Hot Standby Router Protocol. See HSRP

HSRP

addressing 18-4

configuring a group 18-7

customizing 18-14

default settings 18-16

description18-2to 18-6

disabling the feature 18-7

enabling the feature 18-7

example configuration 18-16

guidelines 18-6

high availability 18-5

licensing requirements 18-6

limitations 18-6

load sharing 18-4

messages 18-4

prerequisites 18-6

standby router 18-2

verifying configuration 18-15

virtualization support 18-6

HSRP authentication

configuring 18-10

description 18-3

HSRP object tracking

configuring 18-12

description 18-5

HSRP versions

configuring 18-9

description 18-3

HSRP virtual MAC address

configuring 18-9

description 18-2

I

iBGP

configuring router reflector 10-23

description 10-3

iBGP router reflector. See router reflector

ICMP

description 2-5

with local proxy ARP (note) 2-6

ICMPv6 3-12

packet header format (figure) 3-13

IDS, enabling 2-12, 3-23

Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System. See IS-IS

internal BGP. See iBGP

Internet Control Message Protocol. See ICMP

IP

addresses 2-2

ARP. See ARP

configuring addresses 2-7

configuring secondary addresses 2-8

default settings 2-14

description2-1to2-6, ??to 13-2

enabling IDS checks 2-12

enabling packet verification 2-12

example configuration 2-14

feature history (table) 2-15

guidelines 2-6

ICMP. See ICMP

licensing requirements 2-6

limitations 2-6

packet header 3-9

prerequisites 2-6

secondary addresses (note) 2-2

subnet masks 2-1

verifying configuration 2-14

virtualization support 2-6

IPv4. See IP

IPv6

addresses compatible with IPv4 3-5

address formats 3-2

address formats (table) 3-2

anycast addresses 3-7

CDP 3-12

configuring addresses 3-19

configuring neighbor discovery 3-20

default settings 3-24

description3-1to 3-17

DNS 3-12

enabling IDS checks 3-23

enabling packet verification 3-23

EUI-64 format 3-4

example configuration 3-24

feature history (table) 3-25

guidelines 3-18

ICMP 3-12

interface ID 3-4

licensing requirements 3-18

limitations 3-18

link-local addresses 3-5

loopback address (note) 3-3

multicast addresses 3-7

neighbor discovery 3-13

neighbor redirect message 3-16

neighbor solicitation message 3-13

packet header 3-9

path MTU discovery 3-12

prerequisites 3-18

RFC 3-3, 3-4

router advertisement message 3-15

site-local address 3-7

subnet ID 3-4

unicast addresses 3-3

unique local addresses 3-6

unspecified address (note) 3-3

verifying configuration 3-24

virtualization support 3-17

IS-IS

address families 8-8

clearing statistics 8-27

configuration modes 8-7

configuring dynamic host exchange 8-16

configuring on an interface 8-11

configuring with VRFs 8-21

default settings 8-28

description8-1to 8-6

disabling the feature 8-8

displaying statistics 8-27

enabling the feature 8-8

example configuration 8-27

guidelines 8-6

high availability 8-5

licensing requirements 8-6

limitations 8-6

LSPs 8-2

NET 8-3

prerequisites 8-6

system ID 8-3

tuning 8-24

verifying configuration 8-26

virtualization support 8-5

IS-IS areas

description 8-2

IS-IS authentication

configuring in an area 8-13

configuring on an interface 8-14

description 8-3

IS-IS designated intermediate system 8-3

configuring 8-16

IS-IS graceful restart

configuring 8-20

description 8-5

IS-IS instances

configuring optional parameters 8-10

creating 8-9

deleting 8-10

multiple instance support 8-6

restarting 8-11

IS-IS load balancing

configuring 8-10

description 8-5

IS-IS mesh group

configuring 8-15

IS-IS mess group

description 8-4

IS-IS overload bit

configuring 8-16

description 8-4

IS-IS route redistribution

configuring 8-18

description 8-5

IS-IS route summarization

configuring 8-17

description 8-4

ISSU

BGP 10-9

L

Layer 3 consistency checker

description 13-2

triggering 13-7

licensing requirements 9-6

BGP 10-9

DNS 4-2

EIGRP 7-7

FIB 13-2

HSRP 18-6

IP 2-6

IPv6 3-18

IS-IS 8-6

object tracking 20-2

OSPF 5-13

OSPFv3 6-12

policy-based routing 16-3

RIP 11-4

Route Policy Manager 15-4

static routing 12-3

uRIB 13-2

VRF 14-5

VRRP 19-6

limits

description (table) 2-1

link-state advertisements 5-1

link-state routing algorithms 1-9

load 1-4

load balancing 1-6

Local Proxy ARP

configuring 2-11

description 2-5

LSAs 6-5

for OSPFv3 (table) 6-6

M

MBGP 10-8

MIBs

BGP 7-26, 9-20

OSPF 5-44

OSPFv3 6-39

N

ND

configuring 3-20

description 3-13

neighbor discovery. See ND

neighbor redirect message 3-16

new and changed features (table) i-i

next hop 1-2

NSSA 5-10

configuring 5-27

description for OSPFv3 6-9

O

object tracking

configuring for a nonDefault VRF 20-5

configuring for GLBP 17-10

configuring for route reachability 20-4

configuring on an interface 20-3

default settings 20-7

description 20-1

example configuration 20-7

guidelines 20-3

high availability 20-2

licensing requirements 20-2

limitations 20-3

prerequisites 20-3

verifying configuration 20-7

virtualization support 20-2

Open Shortest Path First. See OSPF

Open Shortest Path First version 3. See OSPFv3

OSPF

adjacency 5-1, 5-3

area border router 5-5

areas 5-1, 5-4

AS border router 5-5

authentication 5-8

backup designated router 5-3

configuring area authentication 5-20

configuring a totally stubby area 5-26

configuring authentication 5-19

configuring authentication on an interface 5-21

configuring DR priority 5-19

configuring ECMP 5-17

configuring filter lists 5-23

configuring graceful restart 5-38

configuring load balancing 5-17

configuring MD5 authentication 5-21

configuring networks 5-17

configuring NSSA 5-27

configuring on an interface 5-17

configuring optional parameters on an interface 5-19

configuring redistribution 5-31

configuring route summarization 5-33

configuring simple password authentication 5-21

configuring stub areas 5-25

configuring stub route advertisements 5-34

configuring the hello interval 5-19

configuring virtual links 5-29

configuring with VRFs 5-40

creating an instance 5-15

dead interval 5-2

default settings 5-43

delete an instance 5-16

description5-1to 5-13

designated router 5-3

disable the feature 5-15

displaying statistics 5-43

enable the feature 5-14

example configuration 5-43

graceful restart 5-11

guidelines 5-13

hello interval 5-2

hello packet 5-2

high availability 5-11

licensing requirements 5-13

limitations 5-13

link cost 5-6

link-state database 5-7

LSA 5-1

LSA flooding 5-7

LSA pacing 5-7

LSAs5-5to 5-7

LSA types (table) 5-6

MIBs 5-44

modifying default timers 5-35

multiple instances 5-12

neighbors 5-2

not-so-stubby area 5-10

NSSA 5-10

opaque LSAs 5-7

prerequisites 5-13

restarting an instance 5-39

route redistribution

description 5-10

route summarization

description 5-11

shutting down an instance 5-19

SPF optimization 5-12

stub area 5-9

stub area (figure) 5-9

stub router advertisements

description 5-12

unicast RIB 5-8

verifying configuration 5-42

virtualization support 5-13

virtual link 5-10

virtual link (figure) 5-10

OSPFv2 (Open Shortest Path First Version 2)

description 6-1

OSPFv2. See OSPF

OSPFv3

address families 6-8

adjacency 6-3

areas 6-5

authentication 6-8

comparison to OSPFv2 6-2

configuring ECMP 6-16

configuring filter lists 6-19

configuring graceful restart 6-33

configuring load balancing 6-16

configuring networks 6-16

configuring NSSA 6-23

configuring redistribution 6-27

configuring route summarization 6-29

configuring stub areas 6-21

configuring totally stubby areas 6-22

configuring virtual links 6-25

configuring with VRFs 6-35

creating an instance 6-14

default settings 6-38

description6-1to 6-12

disabling the feature 6-14

displaying statistics 6-37

enabling the feature 6-13

example configuration 6-38

guidelines 6-13

licensing requirements 6-12

limitations 6-13

link cost 6-6

link-state database 6-7

LSA flooding 6-6

LSA pacing 6-6

LSAs 6-5

LSA types (table) 6-6

MIBs 6-39

modifying default timers 6-30

multiple instances 6-11

neighbors 6-3

NSSA 6-9

prerequisites 6-12

restarting an instance 6-34

RFC 6-2

route redistribution 6-10

route summarization 6-10

SPF optimization 6-12

unicast RIB 6-7

verifying configuration 6-37

virtualization support 6-12

virtual links 6-9

P

path length 1-4

path MTU discovery 3-12

policy-based routing

configuring a route policy 16-5

configuring set parameters 16-6

default settings 16-7

description 16-1

disabling 16-4

enabling 16-4

example configuration 16-7

guidelines 16-3

licensing requirements 16-3

limitations 16-3

prerequisites 16-3

route maps 16-2

set criteria 16-2

verifying configuration 16-7

policy route maps

description 16-2

prefix lists

configuring 15-5

description 15-2

Proxy ARP

configuring 2-10

description 2-5

R

Really Simple Syndication. See RSS

redistiribution

description 1-6

redistribution 1-5

BGP 10-7

configuring 5-31

configuring for OSPFv3 6-27

configuring in BGP 10-27

configuring in IS-IS 8-18

configuring in RIP 11-11

configuring on EIGRP 7-16

EIGRP 7-5

IS-IS 8-5

with route maps 15-4

related documents i-v

reliability 1-4

Reverse ARP

description 2-4

limitations 2-4

RFC 2-4

RIB

description 1-11, 13-2

see uRIB

RIP

clearing statistics 11-17

configuring a passive interface 11-10

configuring on an interface 11-8

configuring with VRFs 11-13

default settings 11-18

description 11-2

disable the feature 11-6

displaying statistics 11-17

enabling the feature 11-5

example configuration 11-18

guidelines 11-5

high availability 11-4

licensing requirements 11-4

limitations 11-5

prerequisites 11-4

route filtering 11-3

tuning 11-15

verifying configuration 11-17

versions (note) 11-2

virtualization support 11-4

RIP authentication

configuring 11-9

description 11-2

RIP instance

creating 11-6

deleting 11-7

optional parameters 11-7

restarting 11-8

RIP load balancing

configuring 11-7

description 11-4

RIP route distribution

description 11-3

RIP route redistribution

configuring 11-11

RIP route summarization

configuring 11-11

description 11-3

RIP split horizon

configuring with poison reverse 11-11

description 11-2

route maps

configuring 15-9

configuring match parameters 15-10

configuring set parameters 15-12

description 15-2

example configuration 15-14

for policy -based routing 16-2

match criteria 15-2

redistribution 15-4

set changes 15-3

verifying 15-14

route metric

bandwidth 1-4

communication cost 1-4

delay 1-4

load 1-4

path length 1-4

reliability 1-4

route policy

configuring 16-5

configuring match parameters

policy-based routing

configuring match parameters     1

configuring set parameters 16-6

description 16-1

example configuration 16-7

Route Policy Manager

default settings 15-14

example configuration 15-14

guidelines 15-4

licensing requirements 15-4

limitations 15-4

prerequisite 15-4

verifying configuration 15-14

route policy manager

description15-1to 15-4

router advertisement message 3-15

route redistribution

OSPFv3 6-10

router ID

description 1-5

router reflector

configuring 10-23

description 10-5

route summarization

configuring 5-33

configuring in IS-IS 8-17

configuring on EIGRP 7-15

EIGRP 7-5

ISIS 8-4

OSPFv3 6-10, 6-29

RIP 11-3

route table

description 1-2

routing algorithms

distance vector 1-8, 1-9

link-state 1-9

Routing Information Protocol. See RIP

routing metrics

description 1-2

routing protocols

administrative distance 1-6

comparing link-state algorithms to distance vector algorithms 1-9

convergence. convergence 1-6

description1-1to 1-7

distance vector 1-9

link-state 1-9

next hop 1-2

redistribution 1-5, 1-6

virtualization 1-9

RSS

documentation feed i-vi

S

service

requests i-vi

static routes

description 1-8

virtualization support 12-3

with ARP 2-3

static routing

administrative distance 12-2

configuring 12-4

configuring with VRFs 12-5

default settings 12-7

description 12-1

example configuration 12-6

guidelines 12-3

licensing requirements 12-3

limitations 12-3

prerequisites 12-3

verifying configuration 12-6

stub routing

description 1-7

U

uRIB

clearing routes 13-9

description 13-1

displaying 13-6

displaying (example) 13-6

feature history (table) 13-10

guidelines 13-3

Layer 3 consistency checker 13-2

licensing requirements 13-2

limitations 13-3

verifying 13-9

virtualization support 13-2

V

virtualization

description 1-9, 14-1

layer 3 (figure) 1-10

Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol. See VRRP

VRF

assigning an interface to a VRF 14-8

configuring routing parameters 14-9

creating 14-6

default settings 14-13

deleting 14-7

description 14-2

example configuration 14-12

guidelines 14-6

licensing requirements 14-5

limitations 14-6

prerequisites 14-6

setting the routing context 14-12

setting the scope 14-12

verifying configuration 14-12

VRF-aware services

configuring 14-10

description 14-3

VRF filtering

description 14-4

example configuration 14-11

VRF reachability

description 14-4

example configuration 14-11

VRRP

benefits 19-3

clearing statistics 19-19

configuring time intervals for advertisement packets 19-12

default settings 19-20

description19-1to 19-5

disabling the feature 19-7

displaying statistics 19-19

enabling the feature 19-6

example configuration 19-19

guidelines 19-6

high availability 19-5

licensing requirements 19-6

limitations 19-6

verifying configuration 19-18

virtualization support 19-5

VRRP advertisements

description 19-5

VRRP authentication

configuring 19-10

description 19-5

VRRP groups

configuring 19-7

description 19-3

VRRP priority

configuring 19-8

description 19-4

disabling preemption 19-14

preemption 19-4

VRRP tracking

configuring 19-16

description 19-5