The following table lists terms and definitions used in this VRF configuration discussion.
Term | Definition |
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all-VRFs | An LSNAT feature which allows the SLB virtual server on a VRF to provide SLB services to all other VRFs on the router (S-Series). |
egress VRF | Within a static route context, specifies the egress VRF for next hop lookup when different from a route‘s ingress VRF (S-, K-Series). |
global router | The default router for the physical router. Also responsible for managing VRFs configured on the physical router. |
NAT-inside-VRF | A NAT feature that identifies the appropriate VRF context to use within a static or dynamic inside source NAT configuration (S-Series). |
shared-access-VRF | A VRF that provides access to the outside Internet to one or more other VRFs in the system (S-, K-Series). |
SNMPv3 context | Specifies the SNMPv3 context name to be used by SNMP for a given VRF instance. |
Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) | A method of partitioning a global router network into different routed domains. |
VRF instance | A segregated routing domain for the routed forwarding of packets managed by the global router. |