Enables IPv4 route compression.
| vrname | VR or VRF name for which the IP route compression is being enabled. |
Enabled.
Enables IPv4 route compression for the specified VR or VRF. If the VR name is not specified, route compression is enabled for the VR context from which the CLI command is issued.
The command applies a compression algorithm on each of the IP prefixes in the routing table. Essentially, routes with longer network masks might not be necessary if they are a subset of other routes with shorter network masks using the same gateway(s). When IP route compression is enabled, these unnecessary routes are not provided to the Forwarding Information Base (FIB).
The following example enables IP route compression:
enable iproute compression
This command was first available in ExtremeXOS 12.0.
Default changed to enabled in ExtremeXOS 15.6.
This command is available on ExtremeSwitching X435, X440-G2, X450-G2, X460-G2, X465, X590, X620, X670-G2, X690, X695, X870, 5320, 5420, and 5520 series switches.