Configuration procedure

To configure a tunnel policy:

Step	Command	Remarks
1. Enter system view.	system-view	N/A
2. Create a tunnel policy, and enter tunnel policy view.	tunnel-policy tunnel-policy-name	By default, no tunnel policies exist.
3. Configure tunnel selection methods.	(Method 1) Configure a tunnel as a preferred tunnel:preferred-path tunnel number (Method 2) Configure the tunnel selection order and the number of tunnels for load balancing:select-seq { cr-lsp \| gre \| lsp } * load-balance-number number	Configure one or both methods. By default, no preferred tunnels are configured. By default, only one tunnel is selected in LSP—GRE—CRLSP order.

Step

Command

Remarks

1. Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2. Create a tunnel policy, and enter tunnel policy view.

tunnel-policy tunnel-policy-name

By default, no tunnel policies exist.

3. Configure tunnel selection methods.

(Method 1) Configure a tunnel as a preferred tunnel:preferred-path tunnel number
(Method 2) Configure the tunnel selection order and the number of tunnels for load balancing:select-seq { cr-lsp | gre | lsp } * load-balance-number number

Configure one or both methods.

By default, no preferred tunnels are configured.

By default, only one tunnel is selected in LSP—GRE—CRLSP order.

NOTE:

For a VPN to exclusively use a tunnel, you can specify the tunnel as the preferred tunnel in a tunnel policy, and apply the policy only to that VPN.

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