Remote Next Hops For Static Routes; Virtualization Support; Licensing Requirements For Static Routing; Prerequisites For Static Routing - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Chapter 13

Configuring Static Routing

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Remote Next Hops for Static Routes

You can specify the next-hop address of a neighboring router which is not directly connected to the
router for static routes with remote (non-directly attached) next-hops. If a static route has remote
next-hops during data-forwarding, the next-hops are recursively used in the unicast routing table to
identify the corresponding directly attached next-hop(s) that have reachability to the remote next-hops.

Virtualization Support

Static routes support Virtual Routing and Forwarding instances (VRFs). VRFs exist within virtual device
contexts (VDCs). By default, Cisco NX-OS places you in the default VDC and default VRF unless you
specifically configure another VDC and VRF. For more information, see the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series
NX-OS Virtual Device Context Configuration Guide, Release 4.x and see
Layer 3 Virtualization."

Licensing Requirements for Static Routing

The following table shows the licensing requirements for this feature:
Product License Requirement
NX-OS Static routing requires no license. Any feature not included in a license package is bundled with the Cisco
NX-OS system images and is provided at no extra charge to you. For a complete explanation of the NX-OS
licensing scheme, see the Cisco NX-OS Licensing Guide

Prerequisites for Static Routing

Static routing has the following prerequisites:
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Guidelines and Limitations

Static routing has the following guidelines and limitations:
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Configuring Static Routing
This section includes the following topics:
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If the next-hop address for a static route is unreachable, the static route will not be added to the
unicast routing table.
You can specify an interface as the next-hop address for a static route only for point-to-point
interfaces such as GRE tunnels.
Configuring a Static Route, page 13-4
Configuring Virtualization, page 13-5
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 4.x
Licensing Requirements for Static Routing
Chapter 14, "Configuring
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