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Routing Policies

Use this information to add a routing policy to a WAN Edge template, hub profile, or device configuration.

Navigating to Routing Policies

You'll find routing policies on the configuration page for your WAN Edge templates (for spokes), hub profiles, and individually managed devices.

  • For a WAN Edge template—From the left menu, select Organization > WAN > WAN Edge Templates. Click a template, or create a new one. Scroll down to the Routing Policies section.

  • For a hub profile—From the left menu, select Organization > WAN > Hub Profiles. Click a profile, or create a new one. Scroll down to the Routing Policies section.

  • For an individually managed WAN Edge device—From the left menu, select WAN Edges > WAN Edges. Click a device. Scroll down to the Routing Policies section.

Routing Policy Settings

On the configuration page, the Routing Policy section lists the Routing Policies that you've defined. To add a Routing Policy click Add Routing Policy, enter the settings in the side panel, and then click Add at the bottom of the panel.

Table 1: Settings for the Routing Policy Panel
Field Description
Name Enter a name to identify this policy.
Terms

This section of the policy lists all terms that you've defined. You can add multiple terms, as needed. You must add at least one term.

Click an existing term to modify, or click Add Terms, enter the settings, and then click the check mark in the Add Term title bar.

Settings for Terms include:

  • Prefix—Enter a comma-separated list of IP addresses, or an IP address range. Format: x.x.x.x/y for a single IP address or x.x.x.x/y-z for a range .

  • AS Path—Enter a regular expression or a number in the range 1-4294967294.

  • Protocol—Select a protocol from the list.

  • Community—Enter a regular expression or a number in the range 1-4294967294.

  • Then—Use the drop-down menu to select the action to apply when the condition is met.

    If you choose Accept, enter the Append Community and the Set Community.

  • Add Action—Click the link to add an action, then click the action in the list.

    • Prepend AS Path—Prepend a AS number to the start of a BGP AS path.
    • Exclude AS Path—Exclude a AS number from the start of a BGP AS path.
    • Set Local Preference—Set preference to assign to routes that are advertised to the group or peer.
    • Add Target VRs— Add virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instances for the intentional sharing of route information across VRF instances.

Optionally, add overlay paths and conditions, as described in the remaining rows of this table.

Overlay Path Preference

This section of the term configuration lists all overlay paths that you've defined. Click an existing path to modify, or click Add Paths, enter the settings, and then you can add multiple paths, as needed.

After you click Add Paths, select a path from the drop-down menu, and then click the check mark in the Add Path title bar. The menu includes all overlays that you've defined in the WAN section.

Conditions

This section of the term configuration lists all conditions that you've defined. Click an existing condition to modify, or click Add Condition, enter the settings, and then click the check mark in the Add Condition title bar. You can add multiple conditions, as needed.

Settings for conditions include:

  • Prefix

  • Custom VR