Terms and Definitions

The following table lists terms and definitions used in this VRF configuration discussion.

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VRF Configuration Terms and Definitions

Term Definition
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.