BGP IP VRF Configuration Mode Commands

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) IP VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) Configuration Mode is used
to configure properties for BGP-4 routing.

Important The VRF must have been preconfigured using the ip vrf command in the Context Configuration mode
before you can enter this configuration mode.

Command Modes Exec > Global Configuration > Context Configuration > BGP Configuration > BGP-IP VRF Configuration
configure > context context_name > router bgp as_number > ip vrf vrf_name
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[context_name]host_name(config-bgp-vrf)#

Important The commands or keywords/variables that are available are dependent on platform type, product version,
and installed license(s).

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end
Exits the current configuration mode and returns to the Exec mode.

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Syntax Description end

Usage Guidelines Use this command to return to the Exec mode.

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exit

exit
Exits the current mode and returns to the parent configuration mode.

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Syntax Description exit

Usage Guidelines Use this command to return to the parent configuration mode.

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route-distinguisher

route-distinguisher
Assigns a route distinguisher (RD) for the VRF that helps identify a virtual routing domain in a provider's
network and allows for overlapping IP space. The route distinguisher must be a unique value on the router
for each VRF.

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Command Modes Exec > Global Configuration > Context Configuration > BGP Configuration > BGP-IP VRF Configuration
configure > context context_name > router bgp as_number > ip vrf vrf_name
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[context_name]host_name(config-bgp-vrf)#

Syntax Description route-distinguisher { as_number | ip_address } rd_identifier

route-distinguisher as_number rd_value

Identifies the target VRF by an autonomous system (AS) number. ASN value is a 16-bit ASN expressed as
an integer from 0 through 65535.

route-distinguisher ip_address rd_value

Identifies the target VRF by its IP address. ip_address is entered using IPv4 dotted-decimal notation.

rd_identifier
rd_identifier is a unique route distinguisher identifier and must be an integer from 0 through 4294967295.

Usage Guidelines Use this command to assign a router distinguisher (RD) for the IP VRF. The combination of AS number or
IP address and RD value must be unique for every VRF configured. The RD is added to the beginning of the
pool addresses to change them into globally unique VPN-IPv4 prefixes.
If the RD is not configured for a VRF, user cannot enter into the BGP Address-Family mode for that VRF to
configure the neighbors or other related BGP commands.
An RD assigned to a VRF cannot be changed until the existing VRF is deleted or removed and reconfigured.

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Examples The following command assigns a router distinguisher 12345 to VRF with AS number 300:
route-distingusher 300 12345
The following command assigns a router distinguisher 12345 to VRF with IP address 10.5.3.4:
route-distingusher 10.5.3.4 12345

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route-target

route-target
Adds an export and/or import list of extended route target communities to the VRF. BGP uses an
extended-community attribute, the route target, to filter appropriate VPN routes into the correct VRFs. You
configure the export list on the VRF to specify export route targets. When BGP advertises a route from this
VRF's forwarding table, it associates the list of export route targets with the route and includes this attribute
in the update message that advertises the route. You also configure a route-target import list on each VRF to
specify import route targets.

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Command Modes Exec > Global Configuration > Context Configuration > BGP Configuration > BGP-IP VRF Configuration
configure > context context_name > router bgp as_number > ip vrf vrf_name
Entering the above command sequence results in the following prompt:
[context_name]host_name(config-bgp-vrf)#

Syntax Description route-target { both | import | export } { as_value | ip_address } rt_value

route-target both
Creates a list of import and export route targets for the VRF with the same parameters. The list contains an
AS number or IP address along with a route target (RT) value.

route-target import
Creates a list of import RTs for the VRF with the same parameters. The list contains an AS number or IP
address along with an RT value.

route-target export
Creates a list of export RTs for the VRF with the same parameters. The list contains an AS number or IP
address along with an RT value.

as_value
Specifies a 16-bit autonomous-system (AS) number expressed as an integer from 0 through 65535.

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ip_address
Specifies an IP address in IPv4 dotted-decimal notation.

rt_value
Specifies a unique RT identifier as an integer from 0 through 4294967295.

Usage Guidelines Use this command to create the list of export and/or import route target extended communities for VRF.
A maximum of 5 route targets can be defined with this command up to release 9.0.
A maximum of 10 route targets can be defined with this command from release 10.0 onward.

Important This command must be executed for each route target extended community.

Examples The following command creates an export list of route target extended community 12345 for VRF with AS
number 300:
route-target export 300 12345
The following command creates an export list of route target extended community 12345 for VRF with IP
address 192.168.1.2:
route-target export 192.168.1.2 12345

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