Creating an IP static route in a non-default VRF

You can configure an IP static route in a non-default VRF. If the VRF is not named, the default VRF is used.

The VRF configured must be a valid VRF.

To create an IP static route with a next hop in a non-default VRF, follow these steps.

Enter global configuration mode.
```
device# configure terminal
```
Enter the ip route command followed by the keyword vrf and the VRF name. On the same command line, enter the destination IP address, followed by the prefix-length or the address mask and then the IP address of the next-hop.
```
device(config)# ip route vrf blue 10.0.0.0/24 10.1.1.1
```
This example configures an IP static route through the non-default VRF "blue" with the next-hop address 10.1.1.1.

The following example configures a static route with a destination address 56.1.5.0/24. The route is configured in the non-default VRF "red" and uses tunnel 5 as the next-hop gateway.

device# configure terminal
device(config)# ip route vrf red  56.1.5.0/24  tunnel 5

NOTE

When a tunnel is designated as the next-hop gateway for a non-default VRF destination, the tunnel must already exist before the static route can be created.

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Creating an IP static route in a non-default VRF