The rule criteria for PBR rules are largely the same as the rule criteria for other policy list rules. Refer to Policy lists rule criteria for an explanation of the rule criteria, including explanations and examples of the commands used to set the criteria.

Unlike other policy lists, PBR lists do not use composite operations. Thus, there is no composite-operation command in the context of a PBR rule. Instead, PBR lists use next hop lists. For an explanation of next hop lists, see Next hop lists.

Enter next-hop list, followed by the list number of a next hop list, to specify a next hop list for the Branch Gateway to apply to packets that match the rule. You can specify Destination Based Routing instead of a next hop list, in which case the Branch Gateway applies destination-based routing to a packet when the packet matches the rule.

If the next hop list specified in the rule does not exist, the Branch Gateway applies destination-based routing to packets that match the rule.