Assigning An Interface To A Vrf; Assigning A Front-End Port To A Management Vrf - Dell C9000 Series Networking Configuration Manual

Table 91. Creating a Non-Default VRF Instance
Task
Create a non-default VRF instance
by specifying a name and VRF ID
number, and enter VRF
configuration mode.

Assigning an Interface to a VRF

You must enter the ip vrf forwarding command before you configure the IP address or any other setting
on an interface.
NOTE: You can configure an IP address or subnet on a physical or VLAN interface that overlaps the same
IP address or subnet configured on another interface only if the interfaces are assigned to different VRFs.
If two interfaces are assigned to the same VRF, you cannot configure overlapping IP subnets or the same
IP address on them.
Table 92. Assigning an Interface to a VRF
Task
Assign an interface to a VRF
instance.
Assigning a Front-end Port to a Management
VRF
Starting in 9.7(0.0) release, you can assign a front-end port to a management VRF and make the port to act as
a host interface.
NOTE: You cannot assign loop-back and port-channel interfaces to a management port.
To assign a front-end port to a management VRF, perform the following steps:
Table 93. Assigning a Front-end port to a Management VRF
Task
Enter the front-end interface that
you want to assign to a
management interface.
Assign the interface to
management VRF.
Command Syntax
ip vrf vrf-name vrf-id VRF
ID range: 1 to 512 and 0 (default
VRF)
Command Syntax
ip vrf forwarding vrf-name
Command Syntax
interface
tengigabitethernet 1/1/1
ip vrf forwarding
management
Command Mode
CONFIGURATION
Command Mode
INTERFACE
Command Mode
CONFIGURATION
INTERFACE CONFIGURATION
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