Licensing Requirements For Policy-Based Routing; Prerequisites For Policy-Based Routing; Guidelines And Limitations; Configuring Policy-Based Routing - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Chapter 17

Configuring Policy-Based Routing

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If the packets do not meet any of the defined match criteria, then those packets are routed through the
normal destination-based routing process.

Licensing Requirements for Policy-Based Routing

The following table shows the licensing requirements for this feature:
Product License Requirement
NX-OS Policy-based routing requires an Enterprise Services license. For a complete explanation of the NX-OS
licensing scheme and how to obtain and apply licenses, see the Cisco NX-OS Licensing Guide.

Prerequisites for Policy-Based Routing

Policy-Based Routing has the following prerequisites:
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Guidelines and Limitations

Policy-based routing has the following guidelines and limitations:
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Configuring Policy-Based Routing
This section contains the following topics:
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Install the correct license.
You must enable the policy-based routing feature (see the
Feature" section on page 17-4).
Assign an IP address on the interface and bring the interface up before you apply a route map on the
interface for policy-based routing.
If you configure VDCs, install the Advanced Services license and enter the desired VDC (see to the
Cisco NX-OS Virtual Device Context Configuration Guide).
A policy-based routing route map can have only one match or set statement per route-map statement.
A policy-based routing route map cannot have more than one match and one set command in a
route-map entry.
A match command cannot refer to more than one ACL in a route map used for policy-based routing.
An ACL used in a policy-based routing route map cannot include a deny statement.
The same route map can be shared among different interfaces for policy-based routing as long as the
interfaces belong to the same VRF.
Enabling the Policy-based Routing Feature, page 17-4
Configuring a Route Policy, page 17-5
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series NX-OS Unicast Routing Configuration Guide, Release 4.x
Licensing Requirements for Policy-Based Routing
"Enabling the Policy-based Routing
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