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NETGEAR M4500 Series Switches CLI Command Reference Manual 829
6.12.2.2. maximum routes
Use this command to reserve the number of routes allowed and sets the maximum limit on the number of
routes for a virtual router instance in the total routing table space for the router, provided there is enough free
space in the router’s total routing table.
Alternatively, you can use no maximum routes command to remove any reservation for the number of routes
allowed in the virtual router instance and clears the warning threshold value.
Format maximum routes {<limit> | warn <threshold>}
no maximum routes [warn]
Default Limited by the number of free routes available
Mode Virtual Router Config
6.12.2.3. description
Use this command to configure a descriptive text for a virtual router.
Alternatively, you can use no description command to remove the descriptive text configuration for a virtual
router.
Format description text
no description
Default None
Mode Virtual Router Config
6.12.2.4. ip vrf forwarding
Use this command to associate a routing interface with a virtual router.
Alternatively, you can use no ip vrf command to disassociate a routing interface from the configured virtual
router and associates it back to the default virtual router.
Fields
Definition
limit
The number of routes for a virtual router instance in the total routing table space
for the router. The limit ranges from 1 to 4294967295. If the limit value is greater
than the total router table size, it is limited to the total size.
Warn threshold
The threshold value ranges from 1 to 100 and indicates the percent of the limit
value at which a warning message is to be generated. If no limit value is given the
platform maximum is taken as the limit value.
Fields
Definition
text
The descriptive text for the virtual router. A set of ASCII characters up to 512
characters in length.