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Chapter
11
VLANs
In this chapter
• Overview of Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
• VLAN configuration rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
• Configuring port-based VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
• Configuring protocol-based VLANs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
• Configuring virtual routing interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
• VLAN groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
• Configuring super aggregated VLANs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
• Configuring 802.1q-in-q tagging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
• Configuring 802.1q tag-type translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
• Private VLANs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
• Other VLAN features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
• Displaying VLAN information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
• Transparent firewall mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Overview of Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs)
Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) allow you to segment traffic in a network by placing ports and
interfaces into separate broadcast domains. Each broadcast domain is uniquely identified by VLAN
IDs. These broadcast domains can span multiple devices.
The device supports two types of VLANs: port-based VLANs and protocol-based VLANs. A
port-based VLAN consists of interfaces that constitutes a Layer 2 broadcast domain. By default, all
interfaces on a BigIron RX are members of the default VLAN, which is VLAN 1. Thus by default, all
interfaces on all devices on a network constitute a single Layer 2 broadcast domain. Once you
create a port-based VLAN and assign an interface to that VLAN, that interface is automatically
removed from the default VLAN if the port assigned is untagged. If the port assigned is tagged,
then the port remains as untag on the original VLAN (vlan1) and behaves as dual-mode port.
Tagged, untagged, and dual-mode ports
Interfaces assigned to port-based VLANs can be defined as untagged, tagged, and dual-mode
ports. An untagged port is a member of only one VLAN, while a tagged port can be a member of
more than one VLAN. Thus a tagged port can be a member of more than one broadcast domain.
Dual-mode ports are configured by adding one or more tagged VLANs and one untagged VLAN to a
port.