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Configuring super aggregated VLANs
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FIGURE 23 Conceptual model of the super aggregated VLAN application
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 24 shows an example application that uses aggregated VLANs. This configuration includes
the client connections shown in Figure 23 .
Client 1 Client 3 Client 5 . . . . . .
Client 1
192.168.1.69/24
Path = a single VLAN into which
client VLANs are aggregated
Channel = a client VLAN nested
inside a Path
sub-net
192.168.1.0/24