enable virtual-router

enable virtual-router vrf-name

Description

Enables a VRF.

Note

This command does not affect virtual routers.

Syntax Description

vrf-name

Specifies the name of the VR or VRF instance.

Default

Enabled.

Usage Guidelines

This command is used to administratively enable or disable a VRF. The VRF specific commands are still accepted and retained by the switch. This configuration has an operational impact on the VRF.

When you enable a VRF, the software does the following:

Enables Layer 3 protocols for the VRF.
Marks static routes as active and adds them to the hardware forwarding tables.

Example

The following example enables VRF "vrf1":

enable virtual-router vrf1

History

This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 12.5.

Platform Availability

Published September 2018prev | next

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