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1 Port Isolation Configuration
z The term switch used throughout this chapter refers to a switching device in a generic sense or the
switching engine of a unified switch in the WX3000 series.
z The sample output information in this manual was created on the WX3024. The output information
on your device may vary.

Port Isolation Overview

Introduction to Port Isolation

Through the port isolation feature, you can add the ports to be controlled into an isolation group to
isolate the Layer 2 data between each port in the isolation group. Thus, you can improve the network
security and network in a more flexible way.
Currently, you can configure only one isolation group on a switch. The number of Ethernet ports an
isolation group can accommodate is not limited.
The port isolation function is independent of VLAN configuration.

Port Isolation Configuration

Follow these steps to add an Ethernet port to an isolation group:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view system-view
Enter Ethernet port view interface interface-type
interface-num
Add the Ethernet port to the
isolation group port isolate Required
By default, an isolation group
contains no port.