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5.2.5.14 Profile Network Configuration and Deployment Considerations
Profile Network Configuration
Before defining a profile’s network configuration, refer to the following deployment guidelines to ensure the profile
configuration is optimally effective:
• Administrators often need to route traffic to interoperate between different VLANs. Bridging VLANs are only for
non-routable traffic, like tagged VLAN frames destined to some other device which will untag it. When a data frame is
received on a port, the VLAN bridge determines the associated VLAN based on the port of reception.
• Static routes, while easy, can be overwhelming within a large or complicated network. Each time there is a change,
someone must manually make changes to reflect the new route. If a link goes down, even if there is a second path, the
router would ignore it and consider the link down.
• Static routes require extensive planning and have a high management overhead. The more routers that exist in a network,
the more routes need to be configured. If you have N number of routers and a route between each router is needed, then
you must configure N x N routes. Thus, for a network with nine routers, you will need a minimum of 81 routes
(9 x 9 = 81).