Understanding Private Vlans; Configuring Private Vlans - Cisco Catalyst 3560-X Software Configuration Manual

Configuring Private VLANs

This chapter describes how to configure private VLANs on the Catalyst 3750- or 3560-X switch. Unless
otherwise noted, the term switch refers to a Catalyst 3750-X or 3560-X standalone switch and to a
Catalyst 3750-X switch stack.
Private VLANs are not supported on switches running the LAN base feature set.
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For complete syntax and usage information for the commands used in this chapter, see the command
reference for this release.
The chapter consists of these sections:
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When you configure private VLANs on switches running VTP, the switch must be in VTP transparent
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mode. See

Understanding Private VLANs

The private-VLAN feature addresses two problems that service providers face when using VLANs:
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Using private VLANs addresses the scalability problem and provides IP address management benefits
for service providers and Layer 2 security for customers. Private VLANs partition a regular VLAN
domain into subdomains. A subdomain is represented by a pair of VLANs: a primary VLAN and a
secondary VLAN. A private VLAN can have multiple VLAN pairs, one pair for each subdomain. All
VLAN pairs in a private VLAN share the same primary VLAN. The secondary VLAN ID differentiates
one subdomain from another. See
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Understanding Private VLANs, page 1-1
Configuring Private VLANs, page 1-6
Monitoring Private VLANs, page 1-15
Chapter 1, "Configuring VTP."
Scalability: When running the IP base or IP services feature set, the switch supports up to 1005
active VLANs. If a service provider assigns one VLAN per customer, this limits the numbers of
customers the service provider can support.
To enable IP routing, each VLAN is assigned a subnet address space or a block of addresses, which
can result in wasting the unused IP addresses, and cause IP address management problems.
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Catalyst 3750-X and 3560-X Switch Software Configuration Guide
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