Specifications

Using Virtual Routers

ExtremeWare XOS 11.0 Concepts Guide 101

To remove a protocol from a virtual router, use the following command:

configure vr <vr-name> delete protocol <protocol-name>

Displaying Ports and Protocols

You display the ports, protocols, and the name of the protocol processes for a virtual router by using the

following command:

show virtual-router {<vr-name>}

Configuring the Routing Protocols and VLANs

Once the virtual router is created, the ports are added, and support for any needed routing protocols is

added, you can configure the virtual router. To simplify configuring the user virtual routers, the concept

of a virtual router configuration domain was added (instead of adding a virtual router keyword to

every command in every routing protocol). Virtual router commands are applied to the current

configuration domain. The virtual router commands consist of all the BGP, OSPF, PIM and RIP

commands, as well as the

create vlan and delete vlan commands. Other commands apply to the

switch as a whole.

To enter a virtual router configuration domain, use the following command:

virtual-router {<vr-name>}

For example, to enter the configuration domain for the virtual router helix, your CLI session would look

similar to this:

* BD10K.13 # virtual-router helix

* (vr helix) BD10K.14 #

The CLI prompt displays the virtual router configuration domain.

Use the virtual-router command with no virtual router name, or use the name VR-Default to return

to the default configuration domain.

Now you can create VLANs, using the following command:

create vlan <vlan_name> {vr <vr-name>}

If you do not specify a virtual router in the create vlan command, the VLAN is created in the virtual

router of the current configuration domain. The

delete vlan command is also aware of the virtual

router configuration domain.

NOTE

All VLAN names and VLAN IDs on a switch must be unique, regardless of the virtual router they are

created in. You cannot have two VLANs with the same name, even if they are in different virtual routers.

You can also configure routing protocols, by using the standard ExtremeWare XOS commands. The

routing configurations of the different virtual routers are independent of each other.