A VRF (virtual routing and forwarding instance) splits one physical router into several logical routers. Each VRF has its own routing table, its own CEF forwarding table and its own set of interfaces. Traffic in one VRF cannot reach another VRF unless you deliberately leak routes between them. VRFs are the Layer 3 equivalent of VLANs and are a key tool for segmentation.
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