[c-nsp] routing between VRF and global

[Shimol Shah]

Maybe something like below document

Route Leaking from a Global Routing Table into a VRF and Route Leaking 
from a VRF into a Global Routing Table
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http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk436/tk832/technologies_configuration_example09186a0080231a3e.shtml#global

Shimol

On 7/16/10 9:17 AM, Jeff Bacon wrote:
> I have a mesh of 6500s connected via various gig fiber links. The 6500s
> have multiple VRFs defined, but of course most things interesting live
> in the global zone.
>
> I want a host on a VRF on a 6500 to be able to connect to another
> destination that is reachable through the global zone. Most likely it
> will be on the same 6500, but ideally it would be the same one way or
> the other.
>
> Basically, how do you leak routes between VRF and global? Between VRF
> and VRF I get. VRF<>global, not so clear; "MPLS fundamentals" provides a
> couple of examples but it's aimed more at a "how to connect VRF to
> internet so you have one static global route entry... ick.
>
> I can see the possible solution of creating a GRE tunnel within the
> switch itself, with one end in the VRF and the other end in the global
> and using "tun vrf" to get them to link, but this seems just a shade
> ugly (though it also happens to provide a nice fixed point in space for
> applying ACLs, etc.)
>
> Or of course there's the "hairpin" solution. I might be able to live
> with that, probably better than the GRE answer... but that doesn't mean
> I have to like it, does it? :)
>
> Thanks,
> -bacon
>
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