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FTOS Configuration Guide for the C-Series - Force10 Networks

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Chapter 11 VLAN Stacking<br />

The Stackable VLANs feature, called VLAN Stacking, is supported on all plat<strong>for</strong>ms: c e s<br />

Note: Support <strong>for</strong> multi-purpose trunk ports (“double-tagging”) and <strong>for</strong> Layer 2 protocol tunneling (L2PT) is<br />

limited to <strong>the</strong> E-<strong>Series</strong>. See BPDU Tunneling on page 230.<br />

This chapter contains <strong>the</strong> following major sections:<br />

• Introduction to Stackable VLANs (VLAN-Stacking)<br />

• Implementation In<strong>for</strong>mation on page 228<br />

• Single-Tag and Untagged Support on VLAN-Stack Trunk Ports on page 229<br />

• BPDU Tunneling on page 230<br />

• <strong>Configuration</strong> Task List <strong>for</strong> VLAN-Stack VLANs on page 230<br />

• VLAN-Stack <strong>Configuration</strong> Examples on page 234<br />

Note: For syntax details on VLAN-Stacking commands, refer to <strong>the</strong> Stackable VLANs chapter in <strong>the</strong> <strong>FTOS</strong><br />

Command Reference. O<strong>the</strong>r sections in this guide that contain VLAN in<strong>for</strong>mation include:<br />

• VLAN Interfaces on page 181 and Native VLANs on page 188 in Chapter 9, Layer 2<br />

• VLAN Interfaces and Layer 3 on page 266 in Chapter 13, Interfaces<br />

Introduction to Stackable VLANs (VLAN-Stacking)<br />

VLAN Stacking, also known as Q-in-Q, preserves VLAN tag in<strong>for</strong>mation in a packet header as it traverses<br />

a network that is not intended to act on those tags. VLAN Stacking is most commonly used by service<br />

providers, which use a single VLAN to support multiple customer VLANs without cumbersome VLAN<br />

mapping configurations. Customer VLAN IDs are preserved, and traffic from different customers is<br />

segregated within <strong>the</strong> service provider infrastructure, even when <strong>the</strong>y use <strong>the</strong> same VLAN IDs. VLAN<br />

Stacking expands <strong>the</strong> VLAN space and overcomes <strong>the</strong> limit of 4094 VLANs.<br />

With VLAN-Stack VLANs, you can separate Layer 2 broadcast domains fur<strong>the</strong>r by assigning an extra<br />

layer of VLAN frames that already are members of a customer VLAN. All customer frames (whe<strong>the</strong>r<br />

tagged or untagged) are tagged at ingress with an outer VLAN tag, which is used to <strong>for</strong>ward traffic through<br />

<strong>the</strong> VLAN-Stack-aware network. By using a single, outer VLAN tag <strong>for</strong> multiple customer VLANs, <strong>the</strong><br />

customers’ VLANs are preserved, while increasing <strong>the</strong> number of overall unique VLANs supported in <strong>the</strong><br />

network, because <strong>the</strong> customer VLAN tags are hidden inside <strong>the</strong> new VLAN-Stack VLAN tag.<br />

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