Multi-VRF CE

Hi,
I need to know whether we can use the Cisco 2610 router as Multi-VRF C.E. which will be connected to the Cisco 3745 P.E. router (existing) via 786K Serial Connections.
I need to configure two VRF's (IT & SOM)on the Cisco 2610 (Multi-VRF CE) and Cisco 3745 (P.E.) for the two VPNs.
Can someone please let me know whether this is a workable solutions?
Your help is very much appreciated.
Thanks,

Hi,
What is somewhat strange is your statement: "we are using the default encapsulation on the serial interface (i.e. HDLC)".
Multi-VRF is depending on two things. First the control plane is separated, i.e. you have one separate routing context per VRF. Second you need at least a separate interface per VRF. One interface can only belong to one VRF. You can check this with "sh ip vrf interface" or with "show ip route VRF ". If there is no output then your VRF has no interface and thus no BGP session can be established. In other words: a VRF is much like a separate router - unless it has an interface there will be no communication possible.
In your case Frame relay would be the natural choice. An example config with two VRFs could look like this:
ip vrf VRF1
rd 65000:1
ip vrf VRF2
rd 65000:2
interface Serial0/0
no ip address
encapsulation frame-relay
no keepalive
interface Serial0/0.100
ip vrf forwarding VRF1
ip address 10.1.1.1 255.255.255.252
frame-relay interface-dlci 100
interface Serial0/0.200
ip vrf forwarding VRF1
ip address 10.2.2.1 255.255.255.252
frame-relay interface-dlci 200
router bgp 65000
address-family ipv4 vrf VRF1
neighbor 10.1.1.2 remote-as 65100
no auto-summary
no synchronization
exit-address-family
address-family ipv4 vrf VRF2
neighbor 10.2.2.2 remote-as 65100
no auto-summary
no synchronization
exit-address-family
The IPs, interfaces, AS numbers, additional commands etc. need to be adjusted to your environment.
Hope this helps! Please use the rating system.
Regards, Martin

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