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Cloud Enterprise Network:Transit routers

Last Updated:Jan 08, 2026

A transit router is a core network forwarding element in a region. It forwards traffic within the same region or across regions. Before connecting network instances using a transit router, you must create a transit router. For each Cloud Enterprise Network (CEN) instance, you can create one transit router per region.

Background information

You can create a transit router in one of the following ways:

  • Automatic creation

    The system automatically creates a transit router in a region when you connect the first network instance in that region, such as a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Express Connect Router (ECR), Virtual Border Router (VBR), or Cloud Connect Network (CCN) instance. For more information about how to connect these network instances, see the following topics:

  • Manual creation (recommended)

    To manually create a transit router, follow the procedure described in this topic. For more information, see Create a transit router.

    Note

    Before you create a VPN attachment, you must create a transit router.

Create a transit router

  1. Log on to the CEN console.

  2. On the Instances page, click the ID of the CEN instance that you want to manage.

  3. Go to the Basic Information > Transit Router tab and click Create Transit Router.

  4. In the Create Transit Router dialog box, configure the parameters and click OK. The following table describes the parameters.

    Parameter

    Description

    Region

    The region where the transit router will be created.

    Edition

    The edition of the transit router is displayed.

    The system automatically displays the available edition in the current region. For more information about the regions that support Basic and Enterprise Edition transit routers, see Regions and zones supported by transit routers.

    Enable Multicast

    Select whether you want to enable the multicast feature. Multicast is disabled by default.

    Note

    Only Enterprise Edition transit routers in certain regions support multicast. For more information, see Multicast overview.

    Name

    The name for the transit router.

    Description

    The description for the transit router.

    Tag

    Add tags to the Enterprise Edition transit router.

    • Tag Key: The tag key can be up to 64 characters in length. It cannot be an empty string or start with acs: or aliyun or contain http:// or https://.

    • Tag Value: The tag value can be an empty string with a maximum length of 128 characters. It cannot start with acs: or aliyun or contain http:// or https://.

    You can add one or more tags to an Enterprise Edition transit router. For more information about tags, see Manage tags.

    transit router CIDR

    Specify CIDR blocks for the transit router.

    This custom CIDR block is assigned to the transit router and functions like a loopback interface on a physical router. It is used to assign IP addresses for IPsec-VPN connections. For more information, see transit router CIDR blocks.

View the edition of a transit router

This section describes how to view the edition of an existing transit router in the console.

  1. Log on to the CEN console.

  2. On the Instances page, click the ID of the CEN instance that you want to manage.

  3. To view the edition of a transit router, use the following methods:

    • Go to the Basic Information > Transit Router tab, find the target transit router, and then check the Edition column.查看转发路由器版本

    • On the Basic Information > transit router tab, click the ID of the target transit router. On the details page of the transit router, click the Basic Information tab and check the Edition of the transit router.查看TR版本

Delete a transit router

You can delete transit routers that you no longer need. Before you delete a transit router, make sure that the following requirements are met:

  1. Log on to the CEN console.

  2. On the Instances page, click the ID of the CEN instance that you want to manage.

  3. Go to the Basic Information > Transit Router tab, find the transit router to delete, and then click Delete in the Actions column.

  4. In the Delete Transit Router message, check the ID of the transit router and click OK.

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