[c-nsp] Internet inside a VRF?

[Dan Armstrong]

We have all our Internet peers and customers inside a VRF currently, and our Cisco SE thinks we're stark raving mad, and should redesign and put everything back in the global table.


This is all on ASR 9Ks and 7600s.





On 2012-03-13, at 8:12 PM, Pshem Kowalczyk wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> On 14 March 2012 11:59, Dan Armstrong <dan at beanfield.com> wrote:
>> I know this topic has been discussed a million times, but just wanted to get an updated opinion on how people are feeling about this:
>> 
>> 
>> In a service provider network, how do people feel about putting the big Internet routing table, all their peers and customers inside a VRF?  Keep the global table for just infrastructure links…
> 
> In my previous role we've done just that. One internet VRF for all
> transit functions, separate vrfs for peering and customers and
> import-export statements to tie them all together. All done on ASR1k
> (mainly 1006, but a few of 1002 as well).
> 
> kind regards
> Pshem