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<section id="pvlan">
<title>Isolation in Advanced Zone Using Private VLAN</title>
<para/>
<section id="about-pvlan">
<title>About Private VLAN</title>
<para>In an Ethernet switch, a VLAN is a broadcast domain in which hosts can establish direct
communication with each another at Layer 2. Private VLAN is designed as an extension of VLAN
standard to add further segmentation of the logical broadcast domain. A regular VLAN is a
single broadcast domain, whereas a private VLAN partitions a larger VLAN broadcast domain into
smaller sub-domains. A sub-domain is represented by a pair of VLANs: a Primary VLAN and a
Secondary VLAN. The original VLAN that is being divided into smaller groups is called
Primary, That implies all VLAN pairs in a private VLAN share the same Primary VLAN. All the
secondary VLANs exist only inside the Primary. Each Secondary VLAN has a specific VLAN ID
associated to it, which differentiates one sub-domain from another.</para>
<para>For further reading:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3750/software/release/12.2_25_see/configuration/guide/swpvlan.html#wp1038379"
>Understanding Private VLANs</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5517">Cisco Systems' Private VLANs: Scalable
Security in a Multi-Client Environment</ulink></para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><ulink url="http://kb.vmware.com">Private VLAN (PVLAN) on vNetwork Distributed Switch
- Concept Overview (1010691)</ulink></para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section id="prereq-pvlan">
<title>Prerequisites</title>
<para>Ensure that you configure private VLAN on your physical switches out-of-band.</para>
</section>
</section>