Providing for virtualization of a role-based command line interface (CLI) view that enables highly scalable association of such a view with an inter-networking operating system (IOS) device is disclosed herein. By way of example, an IOS correlation component can define VPN routing/forwarding tables (VRFs) to reference a virtual role-based CLI view. Whereas typically an instance of the CLI view must be re-created in memory for each VRF, the subject specification provides for referencing a single CLI view that is global to an IOS platform, greatly increasing scalability of the IOS platform. According to further aspects, transferable CLI views are provided that can be saved in a portable file format and distributed amongst various network devices. The subject disclosure, therefore, provides for greatly increased efficiency and scalability with respect to configuration and implementation of IOS CLI views.