Route Labels

Configuration > Overlays & Security > Route Labels

You can create route labels and apply them to static or announce-only routes. You then associate the route labels with one or more IP SLA rules. The IP SLA rules monitor specific destinations to dynamically control the status of static or announce-only routes. Using route labels with IP SLA rules improves network reliability by preventing traffic from being sent to unreachable destinations.

  • Upgrades and new deployments are shipped with a default route label of “Internet.”

  • All route labels are available on all appliances.

  • By default, if all IP SLA rules associated with a route label are in the DOWN state, the label will go DOWN, causing all routes assigned to it to also be marked DOWN and be removed from the routing table. If you set the IP SLA Condition to ANY, the route label and assigned routes will go DOWN if any linked IP SLA rule associated with the label is in the DOWN state.

Using route labels with IP SLA rules is a three-step process. You must:

  1. Create a route label. See Route Labels Dialog Box. (If you need to create a route, see Routes Tab.)

  2. Apply the route label to a static route. See Routes Tab.

  3. Associate the route label with an IP SLA rule. See IP SLA Tab.

Route Labels Dialog Box

Use the Route Labels dialog box to add, edit, and delete route labels. You can create up to 127 route labels.

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Add a Route Label

To add a route label:

  1. Click Add Label. A new row is added to the table.

  2. Click in the new cell in the Label column and then enter a name for the route label. Route Label names can be up to 15 characters and contain alphanumerical characters, dashes, and underscores.

  3. Press Tab or click in the new cell in the IP SLA Condition column, and then select ALL or ANY.

    By default, if all IP SLA rules associated with a route label are in the DOWN state, the label will go DOWN, causing all routes assigned to it to also be marked DOWN and be removed from the routing table. If you set the IP SLA Condition to ANY, the route label and assigned routes go DOWN if any linked IP SLA rule associated with the label is in the DOWN state.

  4. (Optional) Click in the Comment field and enter a comment.

  5. Click Save.

Edit a Route Label

To edit a route label:

  1. Click in the cell to edit the label, IP SLA Condition, or comment.

  2. Click Save.

Delete a Route Label

To delete a route label:

  1. Click the delete icon (X) in the last column of the route label you want to delete.

  2. Click Save.

  3. Click OK.

NOTICE: If you delete a route label, the route label is removed from IP SLA rules and static routes currently using that route label.