R Commands

This chapter describes the Cisco NX-OS unicast routing commands that begin with the letter R.

redistribute (BGP)

To inject routes from one routing domain into the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP), use the redistribute command. To remove the redistribute command from the configuration file and restore the system to its default condition in which the software does not redistribute routes, use the no form of this command.

redistribute { direct | eigrp instance-tag | isis instance-tag | ospf instance-tag | rip instance-tag | static } [ route-map map- name ]

no redistribute { direct | eigrp instance-tag | isis instance-tag | ospf instance-tag | rip instance-tag | static } [ route-map map- name ]

 
Syntax Description

direct

Distributes routes that are directly connected on an interface.

eigrp instance-tag

Specifies the name of an EIGRP instance. The instance-tag can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string up to 20 characters.

isis instance-tag

Distributes routes from the IS-IS protocol. The instance-tag can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string up to 64 characters.

ospf instance-tag

Distributes routes from the OSPF protocol. This protocol is supported in the IPv4 address family. The instance-tag can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string up to 64 characters.

rip instance-tag

Distributes routes from the RIP protocol. The instance-tag can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string up to 64 characters.

static

Redistributes IP static routes.

route-map map-n ame

(Optional) Specifies the identifier of a configured route map. Use a route map to filter which routes are redistributed into EIGRP.

 
Defaults

Disabled

 
Command Modes

Address family configuration
Router configuration
Router VRF configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

4.1(2)

Added the eigrp keyword.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the redistribute command to import routes from other routing protocols into BGP. You should always use a route map to filter these routes to ensure that BGP redistributes only the routes that you intend to redistribute.

You must configure a default metric to redistribute routes from another protocol into BGP. You can configure the default metric with the default-metric command or with the route map configured with the redistribute command.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to redistribute BGP routes into an EIGRP autonomous system:

switch(config)# router bgp 64496
switch(config-router) address-family ipv4 unicast
switch(config-router-af)# redistribute eigrp 100

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

default-metric (BGP)

Sets the default metrics for routes redistributed into BGP.

redistribute (EIGRP)

To inject routes from one routing domain into the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), use the redistribute command. To remove the redistribute command from the configuration file and restore the system to its default condition in which the software does not redistribute routes, use the no form of this command.

redistribute { bgp as-number | direct | eigrp id | isis instance-tag | ospf instance-tag | rip instance-tag | static } [ route-map map- name ]

no redistribute { bgp as-number | direct | eigrp as-number | isis instance-tag | ospf instance-tag | rip instance-tag | static }

 
Syntax Description

bgp as-number

Distributes routes from BGP. The as-number is a 2-byte or 4-byte autonomous system number. The range for 2-byte numbers is from 1 to 65535. The range for 4-byte numbers is from 1.0 to 65535.65535.

direct

Distributes routes that are directly connected on an interface.

eigrp id

Specifies the name of an EIGRP instance. The instance-tag can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string up to 20 characters.

isis instance-tag

Distributes routes from the IS-IS protocol.

ospf instance-tag

Distributes routes from the OSPF protocol. This protocol is supported in the IPv4 address family.

rip instance-tag

Distributes routes from the RIP protocol.

static

Redistributes IP static routes.

route-map map-n ame

(Optional) Specifies the identifier of a configured route map. Use a route map to filter which routes are redistributed into EIGRP.

 
Defaults

Disabled

 
Command Modes

Address family configuration
Router configuration
Router VRF configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the redistribute command to import routes from other routing protocols into EIGRP. You should always use a route map to filter these routes to ensure that EIGRP redistributes only the routes that you intend to redistribute.

You must configure a default metric to redistribute routes from another protocol into EIGRP. You can configure the default metric with the default-metric command or with the route map configured with the redistribute command.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to redistribute cause BGP routes into an EIGRP autonomous system:

switch(config)# router eigrp 209
switch(config-router) address-family ipv4 unicast
switch(config-router-af)# redistribute bgp 64496
 

This example shows how to redistribute the specified IS-IS process routes into an EIGRP autonomous system within a virtual routing and forwarding instance (VRF). The IS-IS routes are redistributed using route map IsIsMap.

switch(config)# router eigrp 109
switch(config-router)# vrf Red
switch(config-router-vrf)# redistribute isis 108 route-map IsIsMap

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

default-metric (EIGRP)

Sets the default metrics for routes redistributed into EIGRP.

redistribute (IS-IS)

To redistribute other protocol routes into Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System (IS-IS), use the redistribute command. To disable the redistribution, use the no form of this command.

redistribute protocol as-num [. as-num ] | process-tag route-map name

no redistribute protocol as-num [. as-num ] | process-tag route-map name

 
Syntax Description

protocol

Source protocol from which routes are being redistributed ; see the “Usage Guidelines” section for additional information about valid values.

as-num

AS number. Range: 1 to 65535

.as-num

(Optional) AS number. Range: 0 to 65535

process-tag

Process tag.

route-map name

Prevents distribution of a specific route map.

 
Defaults

Cisco NX-OS software does not redistribute routes.

 
Command Modes

Address family configuration
Router configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

The command syntax is supported for IPv4 and IPv6.

The valid values for the protocol argument are as follows:

  • bgp as-num [ .as-num ] route-map name —Specifies the route map for the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routes. Range: 1 to 65535. Range: 0 to 65535 for the optional as-num argument.
  • direct route-map name —Specifies the route map for the directly connected routes.
  • eigrp process-tag route-map name —Specifies the route map for the Enhanced Interior Gateway Protocol (EIGRP) routes.
  • isis process-tag route-map name —Specifies the route map for the ISO IS-IS routes.
  • ospf process-tag route-map name —Specifies the route map for the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routes.
  • rip process-tag route-map name —Specifies the route map for the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routes for IPv4.
  • static route-map name —Specifies the route map for the static routes.

Examples

This example shows how to redistribute routes from an IS-IS routing process into a BGP system:

switch(config)# router isis firstcompany
switch(config-router)# redistribute bgp 34535 route-map test1

 

This example shows how to disable redistribution:

switch(config)# router isis firstcompany
switch(config-router)# no redistribute bgp 34535 route-map test1

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

address-family

Enters the address family mode or a VRF address-family mode.

feature isis

Enables IS-IS on the router.

router isis

Enables IS-IS.

redistribute (OSPF)

To inject routes from one routing domain into Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), use the redistribute command. To remove the redistribute command from the configuration file and restore the system to its default condition in which the software does not redistribute routes, use the no form of this command.

redistribute { bgp as-number | direct | eigrp id | isis instance-tag | ospf instance-tag | rip instance-tag | static } [ route-map map- name ]

no redistribute { bgp as-number | direct | eigrp as-number | isis instance-tag | ospf instance-tag | rip instance-tag | static }

 
Syntax Description

bgp as-number

(Optional) Distributes routes from BGP. The as-number is a 2-byte or 4-byte autonomous system number. The range for 2-byte numbers is from 1 to 65535. The range for 4-byte numbers is from 1.0 to 65535.65535.

direct

Distributes routes that are directly connected on an interface.

eigrp id

Distributes routes from EIGRP. The instance-tag argument can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string.

isis instance-tag

Distributes routes from the IS-IS protocol. The instance-tag argument can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string.

ospf instance-tag

Distributes routes from the OSPF protocol. This protocol is supported in the IPv4 address family. The instance-tag argument can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string.

static

Redistributes IP static routes, including the default static route.

route-map map-n ame

(Optional) Specifies the identifier of a configured route map. Use a route map to filter which routes are redistributed into EIGRP. The route-map argument can be any alphanumeric string.

 
Defaults

Route redistribution is disabled.

 
Command Modes

Router configuration
Router VRF configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

4.1(2)

Changed the eigrp keyword to use a process tag.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the redistribute command to import routes from other routing protocols into OSPF. You should always use a route map to filter these routes to ensure that OSPF redistributes only the routes that you intend.

You need to configure a default metric to redistribute routes from another protocol into OSPF. You can configure the default metric with the default-metric command or with the route map configured with the redistribute command.

note.gif

Noteblank.gif If you redistribute static routes, Cisco NX-OS also redistributes the default static route.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to redistribute BGP routes into an OSPF autonomous system:

switch(config)# router ospf 209
switch(config-router)# redistribute bgp 64496
 

This example shows how to redistribute the specified IS-IS process routes into an OSPF autonomous system within a virtual routing and forwarding instance (VRF). The IS-IS routes are redistributed using route map IsIsMap.

switch(config)# router ospf 109
switch(config-router)# vrf Red
switch(config-router-vrf)# redistribute isis 108 route-map IsIsMap

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

default-metric (OSPF)

Sets the default metrics for routes redistributed into OSPF.

redistribute (OSPFv3)

To inject routes from one routing domain into Open Shortest Path First version 3 (OSPFv3), use the redistribute command. To remove the redistribute command from the configuration file and restore the system to its default condition in which the software does not redistribute routes, use the no form of this command.

redistribute { bgp as-number | direct | isis instance-tag | rip instance-tag | static } [ route-map map- name ]

no redistribute { bgp as-number | direct | eigrp as-number | isis instance-tag | ospfv3 instance-tag | rip instance-tag | static }

 
Syntax Description

bgp as-number

(Optional) Distributes routes from the BGP protocol. The as-number is a 2-byte or 4-byte autonomous system number. The range for 2-byte numbers is from 1 to 65535. The range for 4-byte numbers is from 1.0 to 65535.65535.

direct

Distributes routes that are directly connected on an interface.

eigrp as-number

Distributes routes from EIGRP. The instance-tag argument can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string.

isis instance-tag

Distributes routes from the IS-IS protocol.The instance-tag argument can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string.

static

Redistributes IP static routes, including the default static route.

route-map map-n ame

(Optional) Specifies the identifier of a configured route map. Use a route map to filter which routes are redistributed into EIGRP. The route-map argument can be any alphanumeric string.

 
Defaults

Route redistribution is disabled.

 
Command Modes

Address-family configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

4.1(2)

Changed the eigrp keyword to use a process tag.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the redistribute command to import routes from other routing protocols into OSPFv3. You should always use a route map to filter these routes to ensure that OSPFv3 redistributes only the routes that you intend.

You need to configure a default metric to redistribute routes from another protocol into OSPFv3. You can configure the default metric with the default-metric command or with the route map configured with the redistribute command.

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Noteblank.gif If you redistribute static routes, Cisco NX-OS also redistributes the default static route.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to redistribute BGP routes into an OSPFv3 autonomous system:

switch(config)# router ospfv3 209
switch(config-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast
switch(config-router-af)# redistribute bgp 64496
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

default-metric (OSPFv3)

Sets the default metrics for routes redistributed into OSPFv3.

redistribute (RIP)

To redistribute routes from another routing domain into the Routing Information Protocol (RIP), use the redistribute command. To restore the system to its default condition in which the software does not redistribute routes, use the no form of this command.

redistribute { bgp id | direct | eigrp id | isis id | ospf id | ospfv3 id | static } route-map map-name

 
Syntax Description

bgp

Redistributes routes from the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP).

direct

Redistributes routes from directly connected routes only.

eigrp

Redistributes routes from the Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP).

isis

Redistributes routes from the Intermediate-System to Intermediate-System (IS-IS) routing protocol.

ospf

Redistributes routes from the Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) protocol.

ospfv3

Redistributes routes from the Open Shortest Path First version 3 (OSPFv3) protocol.

static

Redistributes routes from IP static routes.

id

For the bgp keyword, an autonomous system number. The range for 2-byte numbers is from 1 to 65535. The range for 4-byte numbers is from 1.0 to 65535.65535.

For the eigrp keyword, an EIGRP instance name from which routes are to be redistributed. The value takes the form of a string. You can enter decimal number, but Cisco NX-OS stores it internally as a string.

For the isis keyword, an IS-IS instance name from which routes are to be redistributed. The value takes the form of a string. You can enter decimal number, but Cisco NX-OS stores it internally as a string.

For the ospf keyword, an OSPF instance name from which routes are to be redistributed. The value takes the form of a string. A decimal number can be entered, but it is stored internally as a string.

route-map map-name

Associates a route map to set the redistribution policy for RIP.

 
Defaults

Route redistribution is disabled.

 
Command Modes

Router address-family configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Cisco NX-OS filters redistributed routing information using a route map. You can configure the route map to set the RIP metric used for redistributed routes. If you do not set the RIP metric with a route map, Cisco NX-OS determines the metric based on the redistributed protocol or by the default-metric command. If Cisco NX-OS cannot determine a valid metric, then it does not redistribute the routes.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to redistribute BGP routes into a RIP process:

switch(config)# router rip Enterprise
switch(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast
switch(config-router-af)# redistribute bgp 64496

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

address-family

Enters address-family configuration mode.

default-information originate

Generates a default route for routes redistributed into RIP.

default-metric

Sets default metric values for routes redistributed from other protocols into RIP.

redistribute maximum-prefix

To limit the number of routes redistributed into Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), use the redistribute maximum-prefix command. To return to the default setting, use the no form of this command.

redistribute maximum-prefix max [ threshold ] [ warning-only | withdraw [ num-retries timeout ]]

no redistribute maximum-prefix max [ threshold ] [ warning-only | withdraw [ num-retries timeout ]

 
Syntax Description

max

Maximum number of prefixes that OSPF will distribute. The range is from 0 to 65536.

threshold

(Optional) Percentage of maximum prefixes that will trigger a warning message. The range is from 1 to 100. The default is 75%.

warning-only

(Optional) Logs a warning message when the maximum number of prefixes is exceeded.

withdraw

(Optional) Withdraws all redistributed routes.

num-retries

(Optional) Number of times OSPF will try to retrieve the redistributed routes. The range is from 1 to 12. The default is 1.

timeout

(Optional) Time between retry attempts. The range is from 60 to 600 seconds. The default is 300.

 
Defaults

No limit

 
Command Modes

Router configuration
VRF configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.2(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the redistribute maximum-prefix command to limit the number of routes redistributed into OSPF. Use the clear ip ospf redistribute command if all routes are withdrawn.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to limit the number of redistributed routes into OSPF:

switch# config t
switch(config)# router ospfv3 201
switch(config-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast
switch(config-router-af)# redistribute bgp route-map FilterExternalBGP
switch(config-router-af)# redistribute maximum-prefix 1000 75

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

feature ospf

Enables the OSPF feature.

feature ospfv3

Enables the OSPFv3 feature.

redistribute maximum-prefix (EIGRP)

To limit the number of routes redistributed into Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), use the redistribute maximum-prefix command. To return to the default setting, use the no form of this command.

redistribute maximum-prefix max [ threshold ] [ warning-only | withdraw [ num-retries timeout ]]

no redistribute maximum-prefix max [ threshold ] [ warning-only | withdraw [ num-retries timeout ]

 
Syntax Description

max

Maximum number of prefixes that EIGRP will distribute. The range is from 0 to 65536.

threshold

(Optional) Percentage of maximum prefixes that will trigger a warning message. The range is from 1 to 100. The default is 75%.

warning-only

(Optional) Logs a warning message when the maximum number of prefixes is exceeded.

withdraw

(Optional) Withdraws all redistributed routes.

num-retries

(Optional) Number of times EIGRP will try to retrieve the redistributed routes. The range is from 1 to 12. The default is 1.

timeout

(Optional) Time between retry attempts. The range is from 60 to 600 seconds. The default is 300.

 
Defaults

No limit

 
Command Modes

Router configuration
VRF configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.2(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the redistribute maximum-prefix command to limit the number of routes redistributed into IEIGR. Use the clear ip eigrp redistribute command if all routes are withdrawn.

Examples

This example shows how to limit the number of redistributed routes into EIGRP:

switch# config t
switch(config)# router eigrp 201
switch(config-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast
switch(config-router-af)# redistribute bgp route-map FilterExternalBGP
switch(config-router-af)# redistribute maximum-prefix 1000 75
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

feature eigrp

Enables the EIGRP feature.

redistribute (EIGRP)

Configures route redistribution for EIGRP.

redistribute maximum-prefix (IS-IS)

To limit the number of routes redistributed into Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS), use the redistribute maximum-prefix command. To return to the default setting, use the no form of this command.

redistribute maximum-prefix max [ threshold ] [ warning-only | withdraw [ num-retries timeout ]]

no redistribute maximum-prefix max [ threshold ] [ warning-only | withdraw [ num-retries timeout ]

 
Syntax Description

max

Maximum number of prefixes that IS-IS will distribute. The range is from 0 to 65536.

threshold

(Optional) Percentage of maximum prefixes that will trigger a warning message. The range is from 1 to 100. The default is 75%.

warning-only

(Optional) Logs a warning message when the maximum number of prefixes is exceeded.

withdraw

(Optional) Withdraws all redistributed routes.

num-retries

(Optional) Number of times IS-IS will try to retrieve the redistributed routes. The range is from 1 to 12. The default is 1.

timeout

(Optional) Time between retry attempts. The range is from 60 to 600 seconds. The default is 300.

 
Defaults

No limit

 
Command Modes

Router configuration
VRF configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.2(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the redistribute maximum-prefix command to limit the number of routes redistributed into IS-IS. Use the clear isis redistribute command if all routes are withdrawn.

Examples

This example shows how to limit the number of redistributed routes into IS-IS:

switch# config t
switch(config)# router isis 201
switch(config-router)# address-family ipv6 unicast
switch(config-router-af)# redistribute bgp route-map FilterExternalBGP
switch(config-router-af)# redistribute maximum-prefix 1000 75
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

feature isis

Enables the IS-IS feature.

redistribute (IS-IS)

Configures route redistribution for IS-IS.

redistribute static route-map allow

To redistribute the default route, use the redistribute static route-map allow command.

redistribute static route-map allow

 
Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

 
Defaults

None

 
Command Modes

config-router-af mode

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

6.2(2)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to redistributes the default route:

switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# route map allow permit
switch(config)# ip route 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 null 0
switch(config)# router bgp 100
switch(config-router)# address-family ipv4 unicast
switch(config-router-af)# default-information originate
switch(config-router-af)# redistribute static route-map allow
switch(config-router-af)#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

route map allow permit

Enters router map configuration mode and defines the conditions for redistributing routes.
 

reference-bandwidth

To change the reference bandwidth used to assign the IS-IS cost, use the reference-bandwidth command. To return to the default setting, use the no form of this command.

reference-bandwidth { gbps | mbps} [gbps | mbps ]

no reference-bandwidth

 
Syntax Description

gbps

Reference bandwidth in gigabits per second (gbps). Range: 1 to 4000. Default: 40.

mbps

Reference bandwidth in megabits per second (mbps). Range: 1 to 4000000. Default: 40000.

gbps

(Optional) Specifies Gbps.

mbps

(Optional) Specifies Mbps.

route-map name

Prevents distribution of a specific route map.

 
Defaults

Bandwidth is in Mbps.

 
Command Modes

Router configuration
VRF configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

If you do not enter the gbps or the mbps keyword, Mbps is the default.

The cost of interfaces is calculated by comparing the interface bandwidth with a reference bandwidth. The reference-bandwidth command configures the reference bandwidth.

Examples

This example shows how to set the reference bandwidth to 3500 Gbps:

switch(config)# router isis firstcompany
switch(config-router)# reference-bandwidth 3500 gbps
 

This example shows how to return to the default reference bandwidth:

switch(config)# router isis firstcompany
switch(config-router)# no reference-bandwidth

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

feature isis

Enables IS-IS on the router.

router isis

Enables IS-IS.

remote-as

To specify the autonomous system (AS) number for a neighbor, use the remote-as command. To remove an AS number, use the no form of this command.

remote-as number

no remote-as number

 
Syntax Description

number

AS number. The format is x for a two-byte value or x.x for a four-byte value. The range is from 1 to 65535.

 
Defaults

None

 
Command Modes

Neighbor configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.1(2)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure the neighbor AS number:

switch(config)# router bgp 64496
switch(config-router)# neighbor 10.0.0.100
switch(config-router-neighbor)# remote-as 64497

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

feature bgp

Enables BGP on the router.

neighbor

Configures BGP peers.

retransmit-interval (OSPF virtual link)

To specify the time between link-state advertisement (LSA) retransmissions for adjacencies that belong to the virtual link, use the retransmit-interval command. To return to the default, use the no form of this command.

retransmit-interval seconds

retransmit-interval

 
Syntax Description

seconds

Time (in seconds) between retransmissions. The time must be greater than the expected round-trip delay between any two routers on the attached network. The range is from 1 to 65535 seconds. The default is 5 seconds.

 
Defaults

5 seconds

 
Command Modes

Virtual link configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the retransmit-interval command to set the LSA retransmission time. If a router receives no acknowledgment that an LSA was received, the router resends the LSA at the retransmission interval.

You should set this value larger for virtual links.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to set the retransmit interval value to 8 seconds:

switch(config)# router ospf 109
switch(config-router)# area 33 virtual-link 192.0.2.2
switch(config-router-vrf)# retransmit-interval 8
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

area virtual-link

Creates a virtual link in an OSPF area.

retransmit-interval (OSPFv3 virtual link)

To specify the time between link-state advertisement (LSA) retransmissions for adjacencies that belong to the virtual link, use the retransmit-interval command. To return to the default, use the no form of this command.

retransmit-interval seconds

retransmit-interval

 
Syntax Description

seconds

Time (in seconds) between retransmissions. The time must be greater than the expected round-trip delay between any two routers on the attached network. The range is from 1 to 65535 seconds. The default is 5 seconds.

 
Defaults

5 seconds

 
Command Modes

Virtual link configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the retransmit-interval command to set the LSA retransmission time. If a router receives no acknowledgment that an LSA was received, the router resends the LSA at the retransmission interval.

You should set this value larger for virtual links.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to set the retransmit interval value to 8 seconds:

switch(config)# router ospfv3 109
switch(config-router)# area 33 virtual-link 192.0.2.2
switch(config-router-vrf)# retransmit-interval 8
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

area virtual-link

Creates a virtual link in an OSPFv3 area.

rfc1583compatibility

To configure RFC 1583 compatibility as the method used to calculate summary route costs and select AS-external paths, use the rfc1583compatibility command. To disable RFC 1583 compatibility, use the no form of this command.

rfc1583compatibility

no rfc1583compatibility

 
Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

 
Defaults

RFC 1583 compatibility is disabled.

 
Command Modes

Router configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

5.0(2a)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

To minimize the chance of routing loops, all Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routers in an OSPF routing domain should have RFC compatibility set identically.

OSPFv2 on Cisco NX-OS supports RFC 2328. This RFC introduced a different method to calculate route summary costs which is not compatible with the calculation used by RFC1583. RFC 2328 also introduced different selection criteria for AS-external paths. It is important to ensure that all routers support the same RFC. Use the rfc1583compatibility command if your network includes routers that are only compliant with RFC1583. The default supported RFC standard for OSPFv2 may be different for Cisco NX-OS and Cisco IOS. You must make adjustments to set the values identically. For more OSPF RFC Compatibility Mode example, see the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 6.x.

You must configure RFC 1583 compatibility on any virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) that connects to routers running only RFC1583 compatible OSPF.

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Noteblank.gif The default values for Cisco NX-OS might be different from that of Cisco IOS. You should make adjustments to set the values identically.

Examples

This example shows how to specify that the router process is compatible with RFC 1583:

switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# feature ospf
switch(config)# router ospf Test1
switch(config-router)# rfc1583compatibility
switch(config-router)# vrf A
switch(config-router-vrf)# rfc1583compatibility
 

route-map

To create a route map, enter the route-map configuration mode, or define the conditions for redistributing routes from one routing protocol into another, use the route-map command. To delete an entry, use the no form of this command.

route-map map-tag [ deny | permit ] [ sequence-number ]

no route-map map-tag [ permit | deny ] [ sequence-number ]

 
Syntax Description

map-tag

Route map name.

deny

(Optional) Specifies that the route or packet is not distributed as follows:

  • If the match criteria are met for the route map, the route is not redistributed.
  • With policy routing, the packet is not policy routed and route maps sharing the same map tag name are not examined. If the packet is not policy routed, the normal forwarding algorithm is used.

permit

(Optional) Specifies that the route or packet is distributed as follows:

  • If the match criteria for this route are met, the route is redistributed as controlled by the set actions. With policy routing, the packet is policy routed.
  • If the match criteria are not met, the next route map with the same map tag is tested. If a route does not pass any of the match criteria for the set of route maps sharing the same name, it is not redistributed by that set.

sequence-number

(Optional) Number that indicates the position a new route map will have in the list of route maps already configured with the same name. The no form of this command deletes the position of the route map. Range: 0 to 65535.

 
Defaults

The permit keyword is the default.

 
Command Modes

Global configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

You must enter the feature pbr global configuration mode command to enable PBR before entering the route-map command.

Use the route-map command to enter route-map configuration mode. Once you enter the route-map command, the prompt changes to the following:

switch(config-route-map)#
 

If you make changes to a route map that is used by a client, you must exit the route-map configuration submode before the changes take effect in the client. The route-map changes are not propagated to its clients until you exit from the route-map configuration submode or 60 seconds expires since entering the submode.

Once you enter the route-map configuration mode, the following keywords are available:

  • continue sequence-number —Continues on a different entry within the route-map. Range: 0 to 65535.
  • description description —Provides a description of the route-map. The description can be any alphanumeric string up to 90 characters.
  • exit —Exits from the current command mode.
  • match —Matches the values from the specified routing table. The following keywords and arguments are available:

–blank.gif as-path name [ name ] —Specifies the autonomous system (AS) path access list to match. The name can be any alphanumeric string up to 63 characters. See the match as-path command for additional information.

–blank.gif community name [ name | exact-match ]— Specifies the BGP community list name to match. See the match community command for additional information.

–blank.gif ip —Configures the IPv4 features. The follow keywords and arguments are available:

address { access-list-name [ access-list-name ] | prefix-list ipv4-list-name [ ipv4-list-name ]}— Specifies the address of the route or packet to match. See the match ip address command for additional information.

multicast { group address/length | rp address/length }—Specifies the multicast attributes to match. See the match ip multicast command for additional information.

next-hop —Matches the next-hop address of route. See the match ip next-hop command for additional information.

route-source —Matches the advertising source address of route. See the match ip route-source command for additional information.

–blank.gif ipv6 —Configures the IPv6 features. The follow keywords and arguments are available

address { access-list-name [ access-list-name ] | prefix-list ipv6-list-name [ ipv6-list-name ]}— Specifies the address of the route or packet to match. See the match ipv6 address prefix-list command for additional information.

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multicast { group address/length | rp address/length }—Specifies the multicast attributes to match. See the match ipv6 multicast command for additional information.

next-hop prefix-list —Matches the next-hop address of route. See the match ipv6 next-hop prefix-list command for additional information.

route-source —Matches the advertising source address of route. See the match ipv6 route-source prefix-list command for additional information.

–blank.gif length minimum-length maximum-length —Defines the minimum and maximum packet length. See the match length command for additional information.

–blank.gif route-type —Matches the route-type of the route. See the match route-type command for additional information.

–blank.gif tag —Matches the metric of route. See the match tag command for additional information.

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  • no —Negates a command or set its defaults.
  • set —Sets the values in the destination routing protocol. The set commands specify the routing actions to perform if the criteria enforced by the match commands are met. You might want to policy route packets some way other than the obvious shortest path. The following keywords and arguments are available:

–blank.gif as-path —Prepends a string for a BGP AS-path attribute. See the set as-path command for additional information.

–blank.gif comm-list —Sets the BGP community list (for deletion). See the set comm-list command for additional information.

–blank.gif community —Sets the BGP community attribute. See the set community command for additional information.

–blank.gif dampening —Sets the BGP route flap dampening parameters. See the set dampening command for additional information.

–blank.gif forwarding-address —Sets the forwarding address. See the set forwarding-address command for additional information.

–blank.gif ip —Configures the IP features. The following keywords and arguments are available:

set ip default next-hop —Indicates where to output packets that pass a match clause of a route map for policy routing and for which the Cisco NX-OS software has no explicit route to a destination. See the set ip default next-hop command for additional information.

set ip next-hop —Indicates where to output packets that pass a match clause of a route map for policy routing. See the set ip next-hop command for additional information.

–blank.gif ipv6 —Configures the IPv6 features. The following keywords and arguments are available:

set ipv6 default next-hop —Indicates where to output packets that pass a match clause of a route map for policy routing and for which the Cisco NX-OS software has no explicit route to a destination. See the set ipv6 default next-hop command for additional information.

set ipv6 next-hop —Indicates where to output packets that pass a match clause of a route map for policy routing. See the set ipv6 next-hop command for additional information.

–blank.gif level —Specifies where to import the route. See the set level command for additional information.

–blank.gif local-preference —Specifies the BGP local preference path attribute. See the set local-preference command for additional information.

–blank.gif metric —Sets the metric for destination routing protocol. See the set metric command for additional information.

–blank.gif metric-type —Sets the type of metric for destination routing protocol. See the set metric-type command for additional information.

–blank.gif origin —Specifies the BGP origin code. See the set origin command for additional information.

–blank.gif tag —Specifies the tag value for destination routing protocol. See the set tag command for additional information.

–blank.gif vrf —Sets the VRF for next-hop resolution. See the set vrf command for additional information.

–blank.gif weight —Sets the BGP weight for the routing table. See the set weight command for additional information.

Use route maps to redistribute routes or to subject packets to policy routing. Both purposes are described in this section.

Redistribution

The redistribute router configuration command uses the map-tag name to reference the route map. Multiple route maps may share the same map tag name.

Use the route-map global configuration command, and the match and set route-map configuration commands, to define the conditions for redistributing routes from one routing protocol into another. Each route-map command has a list of match and set commands associated with it. The match commands specify the match criteria —the conditions under which redistribution is allowed for the current route-map command. The set commands specify the set actions —the particular redistribution actions to perform if the criteria enforced by the match commands are met. The no route-map command deletes the route map.

The match route-map configuration command has multiple formats. The match commands can be given in any order, and all match commands must “pass” to cause the route to be redistributed according to the set actions given with the set commands. The no forms of the match commands remove the specified match criteria.

Use route maps when you want detailed control over how routes are redistributed between routing processes. The destination routing protocol is the one you specify with the router global configuration command. The source routing protocol is the one you specify with the redistribute router configuration command. See the “Examples” section for an illustration of how route maps are configured.

When you are passing routes through a route map, a route map can have several parts. Any route that does not match at least one match clause relating to a route-map command will be ignored; that is, the route will not be advertised for outbound route maps and will not be accepted for inbound route maps. If you want to modify only some data, you must configure a second route map section with an explicit match specified.

Policy Routing

Use the ip policy route-map command, in addition to the route-map command, and the match and set commands to define the conditions for policy routing packets. The match commands specify the conditions under which policy routing occurs. The set commands specify the routing actions to perform if the criteria enforced by the match commands are met. You might want to policy route packets some way other than the obvious shortest path.

The guidelines for the sequence-number argument are as follows:

1.blank.gif If no entry is defined with the supplied tag, an entry is created with the sequence-number argument set to 10.

2.blank.gif If only one entry is defined with the supplied tag, that entry becomes the default entry for the following route-map command. The sequence-number argument of this entry is unchanged.

3.blank.gif If more than one entry is defined with the supplied tag, an error message is printed to indicate that the sequence-number argument is required.

If the no route-map map-tag command is specified (with no sequence-number argument), the whole route map is deleted.

Examples

This example shows how to redistribute Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routes with a hop count equal to 1 into Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). These routes will be redistributed into OSPF as external link-state advertisements (LSAs) with a metric type of Type 1, and a tag equal to 1.

switch(config)# router ospf 109
switch(config-route-map)# redistribute rip route-map rip-to-ospf
switch(config-route-map)# route-map rip-to-ospf permit
switch(config-route-map)# set metric 5
switch(config-route-map)# set metric-type type1
switch(config-route-map)# set tag 1
 

This example for IPv6 shows how to redistribute Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routes with a hop count equal to 1 into Open Shortest Path First (OSPF). These routes will be redistributed into OSPF as external link-state advertisements (LSAs) with a tag equal to 42 and a metric type equal to type1.

switch(config)# router 1
switch(config-route-map)# redistribute rip one route-map ripng-to-ospfv3
switch(config)# route-map ripng-to-ospfv3
switch(config-route-map)# match tag 42
switch(config-route-map)# set metric-type type1
 

This example sets the autonomous system path to match BGP autonomous system path access list 20:

switch(config)# route-map IGP2BGP
switch(config-route-map)# match as-path 20
 

This example shows how to configure that the routes matching community list 1 will have the weight set to 100. Any route that has community 109 will have the weight set to 100.

switch(config)# ip community-list 1 permit 109
switch(config)# route-map set_weight
switch(config-route-map)# match community 1
switch(config-route-map)# set weight 100
 

This example shows how to configure that the routes matching community list 1 will have the weight set to 200. Any route that has community 109 alone will have the weight set to 200.

switch(config)# ip community-list 1 permit 109
switch(config)# route-map set_weight
switch(config-route-map)# match community 1 exact
switch(config-route-map)# set weight 200
 

This example shows how to configure that the routes match community list LIST_NAME will have the weight set to 100. Any route that has community 101 alone will have the weight set to 100.

switch(config)# ip community-list 1 permit 101
switch(config)# route-map set_weight
switch(config-route-map)# match community LIST_NAME
switch(config-route-map)# set weight 100
 
 

route-map (BGP)

To set the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route dampening factors, use the route-map command. To disable this function, use the no form of this command.

half-life reuse suppress max-suppress-time

half-life reuse suppress max-suppress-time

 
Syntax Description

half-life

Time (in minutes) after which a penalty is decreased. Once the route has been assigned a penalty, the penalty is decreased by half after the half life period (which is 15 minutes by default). The process of reducing the penalty happens every 5 seconds. Range: 1 to 45. Default: 15.

reuse

Routes that are unsuppressed if the penalty for a flapping route decreases enough to fall below this value. The process of unsuppressing routes occurs at 10-second increments. Range: 1 to 20000. Default: 750.

suppress

Route that is suppressed when its penalty exceeds this limit. Range: 1 to 20000. Default: 2000.

max-suppress-time

Maximum time (in minutes) a route can be suppressed. Range: 1 to 255. Default: Four times the half-life value. If the half-life value is allowed to default, the maximum suppress time defaults to 60 minutes.

 
Defaults

This command is disabled by default.

 
Command Modes

Route-map configuration (config-route-map)

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the route-map command, and the match and set to define the conditions for redistributing routes from one routing protocol into another. Each route-map command has a list of match and set commands associated with it. The match commands specify the match criteria —the conditions under which redistribution is allowed for the current route-map command. The set commands specify the set actions —the particular redistribution actions to perform if the criteria enforced by the match commands are met. The no route-map command deletes the route map.

When a BGP peer is reset, the route is withdrawn and the flap statistics cleared. In this instance, the withdrawal does not incur a penalty even though route flap dampening is enabled.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to set the half life to 30 minutes, the reuse value to 1500, the suppress value to 10000; and the maximum suppress time to 120 minutes:

switch(config)# route-map test1 10 permit
switch(config-route-map)# 30 1500 10000 120

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

match as-path

Matches a BGP autonomous system path access list.

match community

Matches a BGP community.

match ip address

Distributes any routes that have a destination network number address that is permitted by a standard or expanded access list, and performs policy routing on packets.

match ip next-hop

Redistributes any routes that have a next hop router address passed by one of the access lists specified.

match ip route-source

Redistributes routes that have been advertised by routers and access servers at the address specified by the access lists.

match metric

Redistributes routes with the metric specified.

match tag

Redistributes routes in the routing table that match the specified tags.

route-map (IP)

Defines the conditions for redistributing routes from one routing protocol into another, or enables policy routing.

set as-path

Modifies an autonomous system path for BGP routes.

set community

Sets the BGP communities attribute.

set level

Indicates where to import routes.

set local-preference

Specifies a preference value for the autonomous system path.

set metric

Sets the metric value for a routing protocol.

set metric-type

Sets the metric type for the destination routing protocol.

set next-hop

Specifies the address of the next hop.

set tag

Sets a tag value of the destination routing protocol.

set weight

Specifies the BGP weight for the routing table.

route-map allow permit

To enter router map configuration mode and define the conditions for redistributing routes, use the route-map allow permit command. To delete the configuration for redistributing routes, use the no form of this command.

route-map allow permit

no route-map allow permit

 
Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

 
Defaults

None

 
Command Modes

Global configuration mode

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

6.2(2)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to enter router map configuration mode and define the conditions for redistributing routes:

switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# route map allow permit
switch(config)#
 

This example shows how to delete the configuration for redistributing routes:

switch(config)# no route map allow permit
switch(config)#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

router bgp

Enters Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) configuration mode and assigns the autonomous system number to the local BGP speaker.

route-map pbr-statistics

To enable policy-based statistics for a route map, use the route-map pbr statistics command. To disable statistics, use the no form of this command.

route-map name pbr-statistics

no route-map name pbr-statistics

 
Syntax Description

name

Name of the route map. The name can be any alphanumeric string up to 63 characters.

 
Defaults

None

 
Command Modes

Any

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the route-map pbr-statistics command to enable policy-based routing statistics. You must enable policy-based routing with the feature pbr command before you can enable policy-based routing statistics.

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Noteblank.gif This command may fail if the same interface is configured for some other policy such as ACLs.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to enable the policy-based routing statistics for a route map:

switch(config)# feature pbr
switch(config)# route-map testmap pbr-statistics
 
 

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

clear route-map pbr-statistics

Clears policy-based routing statistics for a route map.

router bgp

To assign an autonomous system (AS) number to a router and enter the router BGP configuration mode, use the router bgp command. To remove an AS number assignment, use the no form of this command.

router bgp as-num [ . as-num ]

no router bgp as-num [ . as-num ]

 
Syntax Description

as-num

Number of an autonomous system that identifies the router to other BGP routers and tags the routing information passed along; valid values are from 1 to 65535.

. as-num

(Optional) Number of an autonomous system that identifies the router to other BGP routers and tags the routing information passed along; valid values are from 0 to 65535.

 
Defaults

No BGP routing process is enabled by default.

 
Command Modes

Address-family configuration
Neighbor address-family configuration
Router BGP configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Usage Guidelines

The as-num is the number for the local BGP speaker and allows you to create a unique identifier for the BGP process on the router.

Once you enter the router BGP configuration mode, the following parameters are available:

  • address-family —Configures an address-family (router, neighbor, vrf). See the address-family (BGP) command for information.
  • bestpath —Changes the default bestpath selection algorithm. See the bestpath command for information.
  • cluster-id { cluster-id | cluster-ip-addr } —Configures the Route Reflector Cluster-ID (router, vrf). Range: 1 to 4294967295. You can enter the cluster identification as a 32-bit quantity or as an IP address. To remove the cluster ID, use the no form of this command.
  • confederation { identifier as-num [ . as-num ] | peer as-num [ . as-num ]} —Configures the AS confederation parameters as the routing domain confederation AS or the peer AS in the BGP confederation. To remove the confederation identifier, use the no form of this command.

The confederation command is used to configure a single autonomous system number to identify a group of smaller autonomous systems as a single confederation.You can use a confederation to divide a large single autonomous system into multiple subautonomous systems and then group them into a single confederation. The subautonomous systems within the confederation exchange routing information. External peers interact with the confederation as if it is a single autonomous system.

Each subautonomous system is fully meshed within itself and has a few connections to other autonomous systems within the confederation. Next hop, Multi Exit Discriminator (MED), and local preference information is preserved throughout the confederation, allowing you enables to you to retain a single Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) for all the autonomous systems.

  • enforce-first-as —Forces BGP to compare an external peer's configured AS number with the first AS in the AS-PATH of the routes received from the peer. In case of mismatch of AS numbers, the peer is sent an error code update notification message. To disable, use the no form of this command.
  • exit —Exits from the current command mode.
  • fast-external-fallover —Configures a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) routing process to immediately reset external BGP peering sessions if the link used to reach these peers goes down. To disable BGP fast external fallover, use the no form of this command.

The fast-external-fallover command is used to disable or enable fast external fallover for BGP peering sessions with directly connected external peers. The session is immediately reset if link goes down. Only directly connected peering sessions are supported.

If BGP fast external fallover is disabled, the BGP routing process will wait until the default hold timer expires (three keepalives) to reset the peering session.

  • graceful-restart —Configures the Graceful Restart functionality (router, vrf). See the graceful-restart (BGP) command for additional information.
  • graceful-restart-helper —Configures the Graceful Restart Helper mode functionality (router, vrf). See the graceful-restart (BGP) command for additional information.
  • log-neighbor-changes —Enables logging of the BGP neighbor resets. To disable the logging of changes in BGP neighbor adjacencies, use the no form of this command. The log-neighbor-changes command enables logging of BGP neighbor status changes (up or down) and resets for troubleshooting network connectivity problems and measuring network stability. Unexpected neighbor resets might indicate high error rates or high packet loss in the network and should be investigated.

Using the log-neighbor-changes command to enable status change message logging does not cause a substantial performance impact, unlike, for example, enabling per BGP update debugging. If the UNIX syslog facility is enabled, messages are sent to the UNIX host running the syslog daemon so that the messages can be stored and archived. If the UNIX syslog facility is not enabled, the status change messages are retained in the internal buffer of the router, and are not stored to disk. You can set the size of this buffer, which is dependent upon the available RAM, using the logging buffered command.

The neighbor status change messages are not tracked if the bgp log-neighbor-changes command is not enabled, except for the reset reason, which is always available as output of the show ip bgp neighbors and show bgp ipv6 neighbors commands.

The eigrp log-neighbor-changes command enables logging of Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) neighbor adjacencies, but messages for BGP neighbors are logged only if they are specifically enabled with the bgp log-neighbor-changes command.

Use the show logging command to display the log for the BGP neighbor changes.

  • neighbor —Configures a BGP neighbor (router, vrf). See the neighbor command for additional information.
  • no —Negates a command or set its defaults.
  • router-id — Specifies the IP address to use as router-id (router, vrf).
  • template —Enters the template command mode. See the neighbor command for additional information.
  • timers —Configures the BGP-related timers (router, vrf).

–blank.gif bestpath-limit interval —Configures the timeout for first bestpath after restart in seconds. Range: 1 to 3600. Default: 300.

–blank.gif bgp interval —Configures the different BGP keepalive and holdtimes in seconds. Range: 0 to 3600. Default: 60.

–blank.gif prefix-peer-timeout interval —Configures how long a prefix peer is maintained in seconds. Range: 0 to 1200. Default: 300:

  • vrf —Configures the virtual router context.

–blank.gif vrf-name —Specifies the VRF name.

–blank.gif management —Specifies the configurable VRF name.

Examples

This example shows how to configure a BGP process for autonomous system 120:

switch(config)# router bgp 120
switch(config-router)#
 

This example shows how to log neighbor changes for BGP in router configuration mode:

switch(config# bgp router 40000
switch(config-router)# log-neighbor-changes
 

In This example, the BGP fast external fallover feature is disabled. If the link through which this session is carried flaps, the connection will not be reset.

switch(config# bgp router 64496
switch(config-router)# no fast-external-fallover
 

In This example, all incoming updates from eBGP peers are examined to ensure that the first autonomous system number in the AS_PATH is the local AS number of the transmitting peer. In the follow example, updates from the 10.100.0.1 peer will be discarded if the first AS number is not 65001.

switch(config# router bgp 64496
switch(config-router)# bgp enforce-first-as
switch(config-router)# address-family ipv4
switch(config-router-af)# neighbor 10.100.0.1 remote-as 64496
switch(config-router-af)#

 

router eigrp

To configure a routing process and enter router configuration mode for Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), use the router eigrp command. To turn off the EIGRP routing process, use the no form of this command.

router eigrp instance-tag

no router eigrp instance-tag

 
Syntax Description

instance-tag

Name of an EIGRP instance. The instance-tag can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string up to 20 characters.

 
Defaults

None

 
Command Modes

Global

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure a routing process for EIGRP:

switch(config)# router eigrp 1
switch(config-router)#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

default-information

Controls the distribution of a default route.

default-metric

Configures the default metric for routes redistributed into EIGRP.

distance

Configures the administrative distance.

maximum-paths

Configures the maximum number of equal-cost paths.

redistribute

Configures route redistribution for EIGRP.

router-id

Configures the router ID.

timers

Configures the EIGRP timers.

router isis

To configure a routing process and enter router configuration mode for Intermediate System to Intermediate System (IS-IS), use the router isis command. To turn off the IS-IS routing process, use the no form of this command.

router isis instance-tag

no router isis instance-tag

 
Syntax Description

instance-tag

Instance name. The name can be any alphanumeric string up to 20 characters.

 
Defaults

None

 
Command Modes

Global

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure a routing process for IS-IS:

switch(config)# router isis test1
switch(config-router)#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

default-information

Controls the distribution of a default route.

distance

Configures the administrative distance.

maximum-paths

Configures the maximum number of equal-cost paths.

redistribute

Configures route redistribution for IS-IS.

router ospf

To configure an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing instance, use the router ospf command. To terminate an OSPF routing process, use the no form of this command.

router ospf instance-tag

no router ospf instance-tag

 
Syntax Description

instance-tag

Internally used identification parameter for an OSPF routing instance. It is locally assigned and can be any word or positive integer. The instance-tag argument can be any alphanumeric string.

 
Defaults

No OSPF routing instance is defined.

 
Command Modes

Global configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the router ospf command to specify multiple OSPF routing instances in each router.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure a basic OSPF instance:

switch(config)# router ospf 12

 

router ospf p1

To configure an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) process tag, use the router ospf p1 command. To terminate an OSPF process tag, use the no form of this command.

router ospf p1

no router ospf p1

 
Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

 
Defaults

None.

 
Command Modes

Global configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) process tag:

switch(config)# router ospf p1
switch(config)#

 

router ospfv3

To configure an Open Shortest Path First version 3 (OSPFv3) routing instance, use the router ospfv3 command. To terminate an OSPFv3 routing process, use the no form of this command.

router ospfv3 instance-tag

no router ospfv3 instance-tag

 
Syntax Description

instance-tag

Internally used identification parameter for an OSPFv3 routing instance. It is locally assigned and can be any word or positive integer. The instance-tag argument can be any alphanumeric string.

 
Defaults

No OSPFv3 routing instance is defined.

 
Command Modes

Global configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the router ospfv3 command to specify multiple OSPFv3 routing instances in each router.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure a basic OSPFv3 instance:

switch(config)# router ospfv3 12

 

router rip

To configure the Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing process, use the router rip command. To turn off the RIP routing process, use the no form of this command.

router rip instance-tag

no router rip

 
Syntax Description

instance-tag

Name for this RIP instance.

 
Defaults

No RIP routing process is defined.

 
Command Modes

Global configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

Examples

This example shows how to begin the RIP routing process:

switch(config)# router rip Enterprise

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

ip router rip

Specifies a RIP instance for an interface.

router-id (EIGRP)

To configure a router ID for an Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP) process, use the router-id command. To cause the software to use the default method of determining the router ID, use the no form of this command.

router-id router-id

no router-id

 
Syntax Description

router-id

32-bit router ID value specified in four-part, dotted-decimal notation.

 
Defaults

If this command is not configured, EIGRP chooses an IPv4 address as the router ID from one of its interfaces.

 
Command Modes

Address family configuration
Router configuration
Router VRF configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the router-id command to manually specify a unique 32-bit numeric value for the router ID. This action ensures that EIGRP can function regardless of the interface address configuration.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to assign the IP address of 192.0.2.1 to the EIGRP process 1:

switch(config)# router eigrp 1
switch(config-router) address-family ipv4
switch(config-router-af)# router-id 192.0.2.1

router-id (OSPF)

To use a fixed router ID for an Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) instance, use the router-id command. To revert to the previous OSPF router ID behavior, use the no form of this command.

router-id ip-address

no router-id ip-address

 
Syntax Description

ip-address

Router ID in IP address format.

 
Defaults

If this command is not configured, OSPF chooses an IPv4 address as the router ID from one of its interfaces.

 
Command Modes

Router configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the router-id command to manually specify a unique 32-bit numeric value for the router ID.

If this command is used on an OSPF instance that has neighbors, the connections to the neighbors are re-established and the new router ID is available immediately for use by OSPF.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure the router ID:

switch(config)# router ospf 12
switch(config-router)# router-id 192.0.2.1

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

router ospf

Configures the OSPF routing process.

router-id (OSPFv3)

To use a fixed router ID for an Open Shortest Path First version 3 (OSPFv3) instance, use the router-id command. To revert to the previous OSPFv3 router ID behavior, use the no form of this command.

router-id ip-address

no router-id ip-address

 
Syntax Description

ip-address

Router ID in IP address format.

 
Defaults

If this command is not configured, OSPFv3 chooses an IPv4 address as the router ID from one of its interfaces.

 
Command Modes

Router configuration

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the router-id command to manually specify a unique 32-bit numeric value for the router ID.

If this command is used on an OSPFv3 instance that has neighbors, the connections to the neighbors are re-established and the new router ID is available immediately for use by OSPFv3.

This command requires the Enterprise Services license.

Examples

This example shows how to configure the router ID:

switch(config)# router ospfv3 12
switch(config-router)# router-id 192.0.2.1

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

router ospfv3

Configures the OSPFv3 routing process.

routing-context vrf

To set the virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) scope for all EXEC commands, use the routing-context vrf command. To revert to default behavior, use the no form of this command.

routing-context vrf vrf-name

no routing-context vrf vrf-name

 
Syntax Description

vrf-name

Name of the VRF instance. The name can be any case-sensitive, alphanumeric string up to 63 characters.

 
Defaults

default VRF

 
Command Modes

EXEC

 
Supported User Roles

network-admin
vdc-admin

 
Command History

Release
Modification

4.0(1)

This command was introduced.

 
Usage Guidelines

Use the routing-context vrf command to set the VRF scope for all EXEC commands (for example, show commands). This automatically restricts the scope of the output of EXEC commands to the configured VRF. You can override this scope by using the VRF keywords available for some EXEC commands.

This command does not require a license.

Examples

This example shows how to limit EXEC commands to the management VRF:

switch# routing-context vrf management
switch%management#

 
Related Commands

Command
Description

show routing-context

Displays the current routing context.