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Chapter 36 Configuring IP Unicast Routing
Configuring Multi-VRF CE
For more information about configuring a multicast within a Multi-VRF CE, see the Cisco IOS IP
Multicast Configuration Guide, Release 12.4.
Configuring VRF-Aware Services
IP services can be configured on global interfaces, and these services run within the global routing
instance. IP services are enhanced to run on multiple routing instances; they are VRF-aware. Any
configured VRF in the system can be specified for a VRF-aware service.
VRF-Aware services are implemented in platform-independent modules. VRF means multiple routing
instances in Cisco IOS. Each platform has its own limit on the number of VRFs it supports.
VRF-aware services have the following characteristics:
The user can ping a host in a user-specified VRF.
ARP entries are learned in separate VRFs. The user can display Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
entries for specific VRFs.
These services are VRF-Aware:
ARP
Ping
Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Hot Standby Router Protocol (HSRP)
Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (uRPF)
Syslog
Traceroute
FTP and TFTP

User Interface for ARP

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure VRF-aware services for ARP. For
complete syntax and usage information for the commands, refer to the switch command reference for
this release and the Cisco IOS Switching Services Command Reference, Release 12.2.
Step 9 ip vrf forwarding vrf-name Associate the VRF with the Layer 3 interface.
Step 10 ip address ip-address mask Configure IP address for the Layer 3 interface.
Step 11 ip pim sparse-dense mode Enable PIM on the VRF-associated Layer 3 interface.
Step 12 end Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 13 show ip vrf [brief | detail | interfaces]
[vrf-name]
Verify the configuration. Display information about the configured
VRFs.
Step 14 copy running-config startup-config (Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
Command Purpose
Command Purpose
show ip arp vrf vrf-name Display the ARP table in the specified VRF.