CLI: PBR

You can use the pbr command to configure the appliance with Policy Based Routing (PBR) so an Exinda appliance can be inserted in the network out-of-path, but retain in-path optimization capabilities.

Configuring policy based routing

To specify the IP address to route traffic to after it arrives at the interface:

pbr interface <interface-name> {ip|ipv6} next-hop <ip-address>

• <interface-name> - Name of the interface. E.g. eth1, eth2, eth3, eth4.

To specify the multi-queue NIC operation mode for this PBR interface:

pbr interface <interface-name> mq mode {auto-license|single|multi|multi-per-vc}

• interface <interface-name> - Name of the interface. E.g. eth1, eth2, eth3, eth4.
• mq mode auto-license - QoS automatically selects single or multi-queue configuration based on license.
• mq mode single - Force QoS to use a single queue network interface configuration.
• mq mode multi - Force QoS to use a multi-queue network interface configuration.
• mq mode multi-per-vc - Force QoS to use a multi-queue network interface configuration with virtual circuits allocated per queue.

To specify the bandwidth at which the PBR interface auto-license mode switches from single-queue to multi-queue:

pbr interface <interface-name> mq switch-bandwidth <bandwidth [G|M|k]>

• <bandwidth [G|M|k]> - Specify the bandwidth at which to switch to a multi-queue configuration.

Viewing policy based routing configurations

To display the parameters of the PBR interface configurations:

show pbr