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Configuring Virtual LANs (VLANs)
December 2005
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Figure 11.17
Example Super Aggregated VLAN Application
In this example, a collocation service provides private channels for multiple clients. Although the same devices
are used for all the clients, the VLANs ensure that each client receives its own Layer 2 broadcast domain,
separate from the broadcast domains of other clients. For example, client 1 cannot ping client 5.
The clients at each end of a channel appear to each other to be directly connected and thus can be on the same
sub-net and use network services that require connection to the same sub-net. In this example, client 1 is in sub-
net 192.168.1.0/24 and so is the device at the other end of client 1’s channel.
Since each VLAN configured on the core devices is an aggregate of multiple client VLANs, the aggregated VLANs
greatly increase the number of clients a core device can accommodate.
This example shows a single link between the core devices. However, you can use a trunk group to add link-level
redundancy.
Configuring Aggregated VLANs
To configure aggregated VLANs, perform the following tasks:
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On each edge device, configure a separate port-based VLAN for each client connected to the edge device. In
each client VLAN:
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Add the port connected to the client as an untagged port.
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Add the port connected to the core device (the device that will aggregate the VLANs) as a tagged port.
Port 2/1
Tagged
Port 3/1
Untagged
Port 2/1
Tagged
Ports 1/1 - 1/5
Untagged
Ports 1/1 - 1/5
Untagged
Port 4/1
Tagged
Port 3/2
Untagged
Port 3/1
Untagged
Port 3/2
Untagged
Port 4/1
Tagged
Port 2/1
Tagged
VLAN Aggregation
Enabled
Device D
Tag Type 9100
Ports 1/1 - 1/5
Untagged
Client 10
Port 1/5
VLAN 105
Client 8
Port 1/3
VLAN 103
. . .
. . .
Port 2/1
Tagged
Device A
Tag Type 8100
Device E
Tag Type 8100
Device B
Tag Type 8100
Device F
Tag Type 8100
VLAN Aggregation
Enabled
Device C
Tag Type 9100
192.168.1.129/24
Client 6
Port 1/1
VLAN 101
Client 5
Port 1/5
VLAN 105
Client 3
Port 1/3
VLAN 103
. . .
. . .
Client 1
Port 1/1
VLAN 101
Ports 1/1 - 1/5
Untagged
209.157.2.12/24
Client 1
192.168.1.69/24
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