08-25-2021 01:07 AM
Hi all
I am in a multi-vendor environment and trying to decide on the correct naming convention for what we, in Cisco world, know as route-maps.
When you consider other vendors, some use the term and some don't. Some might use the term policy instead.
My question is, is "route-map" an industry term or a vendor term?
I'd like to look at a common naming convention, for example, should I name route maps as:
rm_route-map-identifier
or
pl_route-map-identifier
Where rm denotes route-map or pl denotes a policy.
Thanks
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08-25-2021 01:20 AM - edited 08-25-2021 01:21 AM
Hello @anthonykahwati ,
route-map is a Cisco term for a configuration object that can be used in different ways:
a) it can be used for route filtering in redistribution or towards a BGP neighbor
b) it can be used for Policy Based Routing to route user traffic flows using criteria that are different from standard destination based routing.
To be noted Cisco itself in IOS XR has the Route Policy Language for route filtering and you create route policies in IOS XR.
About the naming convention it is your choice.
You could use the prefix pl for all those route-maps used for route filtering and the prefix rm for route-maps used for PBR if any.
You could use rm prefix for route-maps as a way to help to remind what kind of object is invoked.
Hope to help
Giuseppe
08-25-2021 01:20 AM - edited 08-25-2021 01:21 AM
Hello @anthonykahwati ,
route-map is a Cisco term for a configuration object that can be used in different ways:
a) it can be used for route filtering in redistribution or towards a BGP neighbor
b) it can be used for Policy Based Routing to route user traffic flows using criteria that are different from standard destination based routing.
To be noted Cisco itself in IOS XR has the Route Policy Language for route filtering and you create route policies in IOS XR.
About the naming convention it is your choice.
You could use the prefix pl for all those route-maps used for route filtering and the prefix rm for route-maps used for PBR if any.
You could use rm prefix for route-maps as a way to help to remind what kind of object is invoked.
Hope to help
Giuseppe
08-26-2021 01:19 AM
Thanks Giuseppe. Much appreciated
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