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Configuring Virtual LANs (VLANs)
December 2005
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Super Aggregated VLANs
You can aggregate multiple VLANs within another VLAN. This feature allows you to construct Layer 2 paths and
channels. This feature is particularly useful for Virtual Private Network (VPN) applications in which you need to
provide a private, dedicated Ethernet connection for an individual client to transparently reach its sub-net across
multiple networks.
For an application example and configuration information, see “Configuring Super Aggregated VLANs” on
page 11-43.
Trunk Group Ports and VLAN Membership
A trunk group is a set of physical ports that are configured to act as a single physical interface. Each trunk group’s
port configuration is based on the configuration of the lead port, which is the lowest numbered port in the group.
If you add a trunk group’s lead port to a VLAN, all of the ports in the trunk group become members of that VLAN.
Summary of VLAN Configuration Rules
A hierarchy of VLANs exists between the Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocol-based VLANs:
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Port-based VLANs are at the lowest level of the hierarchy.
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Layer 3 protocol-based VLANs, IP, IPv6, IPX, AppleTalk, Decnet, and NetBIOS are at the middle level of the
hierarchy.
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IP sub-net, IPX network, and AppleTalk cable VLANs are at the top of the hierarchy.
NOTE:
You cannot have a protocol-based VLAN and a sub-net or network VLAN of the same protocol type in the
same port-based VLAN. For example, you can have an IPX protocol VLAN and IP sub-net VLAN in the same
port-based VLAN, but you cannot have an IP protocol VLAN and an IP sub-net VLAN in the same port-based
VLAN, nor can you have an IPX protocol VLAN and an IPX network VLAN in the same port-based VLAN.
As a Foundry device receives packets, the VLAN classification starts from the highest level VLAN first. Therefore,
if an interface is configured as a member of both a port-based VLAN and an IP protocol VLAN, IP packets coming
into the interface are classified as members of the IP protocol VLAN because that VLAN is higher in the VLAN
hierarchy.
Multiple VLAN Membership Rules
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A port can belong to multiple, unique, overlapping Layer 3 protocol-based VLANs without VLAN tagging.
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A port can belong to multiple, overlapping Layer 2 port-based VLANs only if the port is a tagged port. Packets
sent out of a tagged port use an 802.1Q-tagged frame.
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When both port and protocol-based VLANs are configured on a given device, all protocol VLANs must be
strictly contained within a port-based VLAN. A protocol VLAN cannot include ports from multiple port-based
VLANs. This rule is required to ensure that port-based VLANs remain loop-free Layer 2 broadcast domains.
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IP protocol VLANs and IP sub-net VLANs cannot operate concurrently on the system or within the same port-
based VLAN.
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IPX protocol VLANs and IPX network VLANs cannot operate concurrently on the system or within the same
port-based VLAN.
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If you first configure IP and IPX protocol VLANs before deciding to partition the network by IP sub-net and IPX
network VLANs, then you need to delete those VLANs before creating the IP sub-net and IPX network
VLANs.
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One of each type of protocol VLAN is configurable within each port-based VLAN on the Layer 2 Switch.
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Multiple IP sub-net and IPX network VLANs are configurable within each port-based VLAN on the Layer 2
Switch.
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