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What is a VRF? (for beginners)

gabriele.tuveri
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Can someone explain what is a VRF (for beginners)

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Deepak Kumar
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Hi,

VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) is a technology that allows having more than one routing table on a single router. The concept of VRFs on routers is similar to VLANs on switches. VRFs are typically used in combination with MPLS VPNs. VRFs without MPLS is called VRF lite.

 

I think read this article, You will get more: https://howdoesinternetwork.com/2016/vrf

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Deepak Kumar,
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Deepak Kumar
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Hi,

VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) is a technology that allows having more than one routing table on a single router. The concept of VRFs on routers is similar to VLANs on switches. VRFs are typically used in combination with MPLS VPNs. VRFs without MPLS is called VRF lite.

 

I think read this article, You will get more: https://howdoesinternetwork.com/2016/vrf

Regards,
Deepak Kumar,
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Thanks a lot for the answer. But how can I implement in a switch?

Thanks, just the answer I needed

Thanks for the content, keep creating for beginners.

 

Appreciated 

Captain HoOmi
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Check out this link, you'll also learn how to configure it: 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst4500/12-2/15-02SG/configuration/guide/config/vrf.html

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kunal.newpani1
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Thank you so much.

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