Example of a gre ip tunnel configuration – Brocade BigIron RX Series Configuration Guide User Manual

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Example of a GRE IP tunnel configuration

In this example, a GRE IP Tunnel is configured between the device A switch and the device B switch.
Traffic between networks 10.10.1.0/24 and 10.10.2.0/24 is encapsulated in a GRE IP packet sent
through the tunnel on the 10.10.3.0 network. and unpacked and sent the destination network. A
static route is configured at each router to go through the tunnel interface to the target network.

NOTE

To set the loopback port, the tunnel mode must be set to GRE IP.

FIGURE 7

GRE IP tunnel configuration example

Configuration example for BigIron RX A

BigIron RX (config)# interface ethernet 3/1

BigIron RX (config-if-e1000-3/1)# ip address 36.0.8.108/24

BigIron RX (config)# exit

BigIron RX (config)# interface tunnel 1

BigIron RX(config-tnif-1)# tunnel loopback 4/1

BigIron RX(config-tnif-1)# tunnel source 36.0.8.108

BigIron RX(config-tnif-1)# tunnel destination 131.108.5.2

BigIron RX(config-tnif-1)# tunnel mode gre ip

BigIron RX(config-tnif-1)# ip address 10.10.3.1/24

BigIron RX(config-tnif-1)# exit

BigIron RX (config)# ip route 131.108.5.0/24 36.0.8.1

BigIron RX(config)# ip route 10.10.2.0/24 tunnel 1

Configuration example for BigIron RX B

BigIron RX(config)# interface ethernet 5/1

BigIron RX(config--if-e1000-5/1)# ip address 131.108.5.2/24

BigIron RX (config)# exit

BigIron RX (config)# interface tunnel 1

BigIron RX(config-tnif-1)# tunnel loopback 1/1

BigIron RX(config-tnif-1)# tunnel source 131.108.5.2

BigIron RX(config-tnif-1)# tunnel destination 36.0.8.108

BigIron RX(config-tnif-1)# tunnel mode gre ip

Internet

port3/1
36.0.8.108

BigIron RX A

BigIron RX B

10.10.1.0/24

10.10.3.1

10.10.3.0

10.10.3.2

10.10.2.0/24

port5/1
131.108.5.2

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