: Configure Route Redistribution and OSPF
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Configure Route Redistribution and OSPF

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Configure Route Redistribution and OSPF

Configure route redistribution to make routing information from the firewall available to the external-facing routers attached to your leaf switches. Then configure OSPF on the firewall and assign a router-id, area number, and interface to form adjacencies.
  1. Configure route redistribution.
    1. Select
      Network
      Virtual Routers
      and click on the virtual router you created earlier.
    2. Select
      Redistribution Profile
      IPv4
      Add
      .
    3. Enter a descriptive
      Name
      for your redistribution profile.
    4. Enter a priority.
    5. For
      Redistribute
      , select
      Redist
      .
    6. Check
      connect
      and
      static
      under
      General Filters
      .
    7. Click
      OK
      .
  2. Configure OSPF.
    1. Select
      Network
      Virtual Routers
      and click on the virtual router you created earlier.
    2. Select
      Router Settings
      ECMP
      and select
      Enable
      .
    3. Select
      OSPF
      and choose
      Enable
      .
    4. Enter the OSPF
      Router ID
      .
    5. Under
      Area
      , click
      Add
      .
    6. Enter the
      Area ID
      . This value must match the value you assigned when you created the external routed network on the APIC. On the firewall, this must be entered in dotted decimal form. For example, if you entered an Area ID of 10 in the APIC, the equivalent on the firewall is 0.0.0.10.
    7. Select
      Interface
      Add
      .
    8. Enter the interface that connects to your external network EPG and click
      OK
      .
    9. Select
      Export Rules
      Add
      .
    10. Select the Redistribution Profile you created above from the
      Name
      drop-down and click
      OK
      .
    11. Select
      Allow Redistribute Default Route
      .
    12. Click
      OK
      .

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