HP ProCurve 9304M Installation And Configuration Manual page 381

Figure 11.16 Conceptual Model of the Super Aggregated VLAN Application
Path = a single VLAN into which
Channel = a client VLAN nested
Each client connected to the edge device is in its own port-based VLAN. All the clients' VLANs are aggregated by
the edge device into a single VLAN for connection to the core.
The device that aggregates the VLANs forwards the aggregated VLAN traffic through the core. The core can
consist of multiple devices that forward the aggregated VLAN traffic. The edge device at the other end of the core
separates the aggregated VLANs into the individual client VLANs before forwarding the traffic. The edge devices
forward the individual client traffic to the clients. For the clients' perspective, the channel is a direct point-to-point
link.
Figure 11.17 shows an example application that uses aggregated VLANs. This configuration includes the client
connections shown in Figure 11.16.
Client 1
Client 1
192.168.1.69/24
client VLANs are aggregated
inside a Path
sub-net
192.168.1.0/24
Configuring Virtual LANs (VLANs)
. . . . . .
Client 5
Client 3
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