Enabling automatic virtual links

Use automatic virtual links to provide an automatic, dynamic backup link for vital OSPF traffic. Automatic virtual links require more system resources than manually configured virtual links.

Before you begin

  • You configure automatic virtual links on a VRF instance the same way you configure the GlobalRouter, except that you must use VRF Router Configuration mode and the prefix ip ospf. The VRF must have an RP Trigger of OSPF. Not all parameters are configurable on non0 VRFs.

Procedure

  1. Enter OSPF Router Configuration mode:

    enable

    configure terminal

    router ospf

  2. Enable the automatic virtual links feature for the router:

    auto-vlink