Overview

Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) is a Layer 3 level isolation to achieve Virtual Private Network (VPN). VRF provides overlapping IPs to present and also isolate the routing table from other VPN in the system.

Virtual routing and forwarding (VRF) is a technology that allows multiple instances of a routing table to co-exist within the same router. Because the routing instances are independent, the same or overlapping IP addresses can be used without conflicting with each other. Network functionality is improved because network paths can be segmented without requiring multiple routers.