Configuring Private Vlans; Information About Private Vlans - Cisco AP775A - Nexus Converged Network Switch 5010 Configuration Manual

Configuring Private VLANs

This chapter describes how to configure private VLANs on the Cisco Nexus 5000 Series switch. It contains
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Information About Private VLANs

A private VLAN partitions the Ethernet broadcast domain of a VLAN into subdomains, allowing you to isolate
the ports on the switch from each other. A subdomain consists of a primary VLAN and one or more secondary
VLANs (see the following figure). All VLANs in a private VLAN domain share the same primary VLAN.
The secondary VLAN ID differentiates one subdomain from another. The secondary VLANs may either be
isolated VLANs or community VLANs. A host on an isolated VLAN can only communicate with the associated
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Information About Private VLANs, page 87
Guidelines and Limitations for Private VLANs, page 92
Configuring a Private VLAN, page 92
Verifying Private VLAN Configuration, page 100
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