OSPFv3 over VRF

OSPFv3 can run over multiple Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instances. OSPFv3 maintains multiple instances of the routing protocol to exchange route information among various VRF instances. A multi-VRF-capable router maps an input interface to a unique VRF, based on user configuration. These input interfaces can be physical or a virtual interface. By default, all input interfaces are attached to the default VRF instance. All OSPFv3 commands are available over default and nondefault VRF instances.

Multi-VRF for OSPF (also known as VRF-Lite for OSPF) provides a reliable mechanism for trusted VPNs to be built over a shared infrastructure. The ability to maintain multiple virtual routing or forwarding tables allows overlapping private IP addresses to be maintained across VPNs.