contains all PE and P routes (perhaps BGP) populated by the VPN backbone IGP VRF (VPN routing & forwarding) routing & forwarding table associated with one or more directly connected sites (CE routers) VRF is associated with any type of interface, whether logical or physical (e.g. sub/virtual/tunnel) interfaces may share the same VRF if the connected sites share the same routing information VPN Routing & Forwarding Instance (VRF) ©2013, Cisco Systems. Inc. All rights reserved.