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Chapter 33 Private VLAN

33.2 Configuring Private VLAN

Click Advanced Application > Private VLAN in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown.

Figure 166 Advanced Application > Private VLAN

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 111 Advanced Application > Private VLAN

LABEL	DESCRIPTION
Active	Check this box to enable private VLAN in a VLAN.

Name	Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) for
	identification purposes.

VLAN ID	Enter a VLAN ID from 1 to 4094. This is the VLAN to which this rule
	applies.

Promiscuous	Enter the number of the port(s) that can communicate with any ports in
Ports	the same VLAN. Other ports belonging to this VLAN will be added to the
	isolation list and can only send and receive traffic from the port(s) you
	specify here.

Add	Click Add to insert the entry in the summary table below and save your
	changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch loses these
	changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top
	navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when
	you are done configuring.

Cancel	Click Cancel to reset the fields to your previous configuration.

Clear	Click Clear to clear the fields to the factory defaults.

Index	This is the index number of the rule.

Active	This shows whether this rule is activated or not.

Name	This is the descriptive name for this rule.

VLAN	This is the VLAN to which this rule is applied.

Promiscuous	This shows the port(s) that can communicate with any ports in the same
Ports	VLAN.

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33.2 Configuring Private VLAN

Figure 166 Advanced Application > Private VLAN

LABEL

VLAN

VLAN.

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