SonicWall Switch Getting Started Guide
Configuring Basic Topologies
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Configuring a Hybrid System with Common
and Dedicated Uplink(s)
This configuration allows a combination of common and dedicated uplinks to be set up between the firewall and
the Switch. The dedicated uplinks are used to carry PortShield traffic corresponding to the connected firewall
interface. The common uplink is used to carry PortShield traffic for the remaining firewall interfaces (with no
dedicated uplinks).
shows a hybrid uplink integration topology of a SonicWall firewall with a SonicWall Switch:
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The dedicated uplink between X0 on the firewall and port 11 on the Switch is set up to carry PortShield
traffic for X0.
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The common link between X3 on the firewall and port 1 on the Switch carries PortShield traffic for
firewall interfaces other than X0.
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Ports X0 and 11 for the dedicated uplink are trunk mode ports for the VLAN corresponding to X0. Ports
X3 and 1 for the common uplink are trunk ports, and VLANs corresponding to all firewall interfaces,
except X0, are added as members to this trunk to facilitate carrying the PortShield VLAN-tagged traffic.
In this configuration, the link between X3 and 1 is also used to carry management traffic between the firewall
and the Switch.
Hybrid Link Topology
Setting up a hybrid configuration is done in two steps:
1 Configure a common uplink.
2 Configure the dedicated uplink.
To set up a hybrid configuration with common and dedicated uplinks:
1 Set up the Switch as described in
Adding a Switch to a Firewall Manually
2 Configure the uplink as described in
