Creating a route map

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You can create a route map on an individual CPE device or on all devices that use the CPE template. To create a route map, use the following instructions:

• Creating a route map on an individual CPE device.

  To create a route map on an individual CPE device:

  1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN section.

     By default, the CPE subsection is displayed with a table of CPE devices.

  2. Click the CPE device.

     The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand button .

  3. Select the Routing Filters → Route maps tab.

     A table of route maps is displayed.

  4. Select the Override check box to ignore the applied CPE template and make the settings in the selected tab editable. This check box is cleared by default.
  5. Click + Route map.
  6. This opens a window; in that window, in the Name field, enter the name of the route map. Maximum length: 50 characters. Do not use spaces in this field.
  7. Click + Add rule to add a rule to the route map. You can add multiple rules.
  8. In the Sequence field, enter the sequential number of the rule. The rule with the lowest number is processed first. Range of values: 1 to 4,294,967,295.
  9. In the Action drop-down list, select the action that the rule must apply to routes:
     • Permit to allow route advertising. This is the default setting.
     • Deny to deny route advertising.
  10. In the Match type drop-down list, select the condition that must be satisfied to apply the rule to a route:
      • None — Apply the rule to all routes. You cannot change the values of attributes using this rule. This is the default setting.
      • Prefix-List — Apply the rule to routes matching the selected prefix list.
      • Community — Apply the rule to routes that have the 'community' attribute with the specified value.
      • Extcommunity — Apply the rule to routes that have the 'extended community' attribute with the specified value.
  11. If in the Match type drop-down list, you selected Prefix-List, in the Prefix list drop-down list, select a prefix list.
  12. If in the Match type drop-down list, you selected Community or Extcommunity, in the Value, enter the attribute value.
  13. In the Change attribute drop-down list, select the attribute which you want to modify when the rule is applied to a route:
      • None — Do not change the values of attributes. This is the default setting.
      • IP next-hop — Change the value of the 'next hop' attribute. An IP address must be entered as the new value.
      • Local preference — Change the value of the local preference attribute. Range of values: 0 to 4,294,967,295.
      • Metric — change the value of the 'MED' attribute. Range of values: 0 to 4,294,967,295.
      • Community — change the value of the 'community' attribute.
      • Extcommunity — change the value of the 'extended community' attribute.
      • VPNv4 next-hop — change the value of the 'next hop' attribute for VPNv4 routes. An IPv4 address must be entered as the new value.
      • AS Path Prepend — Add the number of the autonomous system to the 'as path' attribute. You may specify multiple numbers separated by spaces.
  14. In the New value field, enter the value that you want to assign to the attribute. You can enter numbers or characters depending on the attribute selected in the Change attribute drop-down list.
  15. Click Create.

      The route map is created and displayed in the table.

  16. In the upper part of the settings area, click Save to save the configuration of the CPE device.
• Creating a route map on all devices that use the CPE template.

  To create a route map on all devices that use the CPE template:

  1. In the menu, go to the SD-WAN → CPE templates subsection.

     A table of CPE templates is displayed.

  2. Click the CPE template.

     The settings area is displayed in the lower part of the page. You can expand the settings area to fill the entire page by clicking the expand button .

  3. Select the Routing Filters → Route maps tab.

     A table of route maps is displayed.

  4. Click + Route map.
  5. This opens a window; in that window, in the Name field, enter the name of the route map. Maximum length: 50 characters. Do not use spaces in this field.
  6. Click + Add rule to add a rule to the route map. You can add multiple rules.
  7. In the Sequence field, enter the sequential number of the rule. The rule with the lowest number is processed first. Range of values: 1 to 4,294,967,295.
  8. In the Action drop-down list, select the action that the rule must apply to routes:
     • Permit to allow route advertising. This is the default setting.
     • Deny to deny route advertising.
  9. In the Match type drop-down list, select the condition that must be satisfied to apply the rule to a route:
     • None — Apply the rule to all routes. You cannot change the values of attributes using this rule. This is the default setting.
     • Prefix-List — Apply the rule to routes matching the selected prefix list.
     • Community — Apply the rule to routes that have the 'community' attribute with the specified value.
     • Extcommunity — Apply the rule to routes that have the 'extended community' attribute with the specified value.
  10. If in the Match type drop-down list, you selected Prefix-List, in the Prefix list drop-down list, select a prefix list.
  11. If in the Match type drop-down list, you selected Community or Extcommunity, in the Value, enter the attribute value.
  12. In the Change attribute drop-down list, select the attribute which you want to modify when the rule is applied to a route:
      • None — Do not change the values of attributes. This is the default setting.
      • IP next-hop — Change the value of the 'next hop' attribute. An IP address must be entered as the new value.
      • Local preference — Change the value of the local preference attribute. Range of values: 0 to 4,294,967,295.
      • Metric — change the value of the 'MED' attribute. Range of values: 0 to 4,294,967,295.
      • Community — change the value of the 'community' attribute.
      • Extcommunity — change the value of the 'extended community' attribute.
      • VPNv4 next-hop — change the value of the 'next hop' attribute for VPNv4 routes. An IPv4 address must be entered as the new value.
      • AS Path Prepend — Add the number of the autonomous system to the 'as path' attribute. You may specify multiple numbers separated by spaces.
  13. In the New value field, enter the value that you want to assign to the attribute. You can enter numbers or characters depending on the attribute selected in the Change attribute drop-down list.
  14. Click Create.

      The route map is created and displayed in the table.

  15. In the upper part of the settings area, click Save to save the configuration of the CPE template.