Configuring IPv6 Route Redistribution Policies

About this task

Configure route redistribution so that a VRF interface can announce routes that other protocols learn, for example, OSPF or BGP. Use a route policy to control the redistribution of routes. You can redistribute routes for the Global router (VRF 0) and within a user-defined VRF but not between different VRFs.

Before you begin

  • Ensure VRF instances exist.

  • Configure route policies, if required.

  • Change the VRF instance as required.

Procedure

  1. In the navigation tree, expand the following folders: Configuration > IPv6.
  2. Click Policy.
  3. Click the Route Redistribution tab.
  4. Click Insert.
  5. Choose the protocol and route source.
  6. Select Enable.
  7. Choose the route policy to apply to the redistributed routes.
  8. Configure other parameters as required.
  9. Click Insert.

Route Redistribution Field Descriptions

Use the data in the following table to use the Route Redistribution tab.

Name

Description

DstVrfId

Specifies the destination VRF ID.

Protocol

Specifies the protocols for which you want to receive external routing information.

SrcVrfId

Specifies the source VRF ID.

RouteSource

Indicates if the protocol receives notification about the routes this source learns. The route source is equivalent to the owner in the routing table.

Enable

Enables or disables route redistribution. The default is disabled.

RoutePolicy

Specifies the route policies to apply to the redistributed routes from the source VRF. Use the route policy to determine whether the system advertises a specific route to the specified protocol.

Metric

Specifies the metric announced in advertisements. The default is 0.

MetricType

Specifies the metric type (applies to OSPF and BGP only). Specifies a type 1 or a type 2 metric. For metric type 1, the cost of the external routes is equal to the sum of all internal costs and the external cost. For metric type 2, the cost of the external routes is equal to the external cost alone. The default is type2.