Prerequisites For Local Policy-Based Routing; Guidelines And Limitations; Default Settings For Local Policy-Based Routing - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Configuration Manual

Configuring Local Policy-Based Routing
Using virtual device contexts (VDCs) requires an Advanced Services license.
For a complete explanation of the Cisco NX-OS licensing scheme, see the Cisco NX-OS Licensing Guide.

Prerequisites for Local Policy-Based Routing

Local policy-based routing has the following prerequisites:
• Install the correct license.
• You must enable local policy-based routing (see the "Enabling the Policy-Based Routing Feature"
• Assign an IP address on the interface and bring the interface up before you apply a route map on the
• If you configure VDCs, install the appropriate license and enter the desired VDC (see the Cisco Nexus

Guidelines and Limitations

Local policy-based routing has the following configuration guidelines and limitations:
• A local policy-based routing route map can have only one match or set statement per route-map statement.
• A match command cannot refer to more than one ACL in a route map used for local policy-based routing.
• An ACL used in a local policy-based routing route map cannot include a deny statement.
• The same route map can be shared among different interfaces for local policy-based routing as long as
• Setting a tunnel interface or an IP address via a tunnel interface as a next hop in a local policy-based

Default Settings for Local Policy-Based Routing

Table 43: Default Local Policy-based Routing Setting
Parameter
Local policy-based routing
section).
interface for policy-based routing.
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the interfaces belong to the same virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) instance.
routing policy is not supported.
Default
Disabled
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