Dell PowerSwitch S4820T Configuration Guide for the S4820T System 9.14.1.0 - Page 1066

Assigning an Interface to a VRF You must enter the ip vrf forwarding command before you configure the IP address or any other setting on an interface. NOTE: You can configure an IP address or subnet on a physical or VLAN interface that overlaps the same IP address or subnet configured on another interface only if the interfaces are assigned to different VRFs. If two interfaces are assigned to the same VRF, you cannot configure overlapping IP subnets or the same IP address on them. • Assign an interface to a VRF instance. INTERFACE ip vrf forwarding vrf-name Assigning a Front-end Port to a Management VRF Starting in 9.7(0.0) release, you can assign a front-end port to a management VRF and make the port to act as a host interface. NOTE: You cannot assign loop-back and port-channel interfaces to a management port. To assign a front-end port to a management VRF, perform the following steps: 1 Enter the front-end interface that you want to assign to a management interface. CONFIGURATION interface tengigabitethernet 1/1 2 Assign the interface to management VRF. INTERFACE CONFIGURATION ip vrf forwarding management Before assigning a front-end port to a management VRF, ensure that no IP address is configured on the interface. 3 Assign an IPv4 address to the interface. INTERFACE CONFIGURATION ip address 10.1.1.1/24 Before assigning a front-end port to a management VRF, ensure that no IP address is configured on the interface. 4 Assign an IPv6 address to the interface. INTERFACE CONFIGURATION ipv6 address 1::1 You can also auto configure an IPv6 address using the ipv6 address autoconfig command. View VRF Instance Information To display information about VRF configuration, enter the show ip vrf command. To display information on all VRF instances (including the default VRF 0), do not enter a value for vrf-name. • Display the interfaces assigned to a VRF instance. EXEC 1066 Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF)