PVLAN Configuration Example 1
The following figure shows a PVLAN configuration example for a medical research lab.

The medical research lab hosts lots of visiting clients. Each client has their own room, and the lab wants to grant them access to the internet through a local web proxy server but prevent them from accessing other visiting clients. There is a lab in the building where many research workstations are located. Workstations within the lab require access to other lab workstations, the internet, and file servers that are connected to a switch in another building. Visiting clients should not have access to the Research VLAN devices or the file servers on the remote switch.
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Network VLAN named Main, which provides internet access through the proxy web server and access to file servers on the remote switch.
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Isolated subscriber VLAN named ClientConnections, which provides internet access for visiting clients and isolation from other visiting clients, the Research VLAN devices, and the remote file servers.
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Non-isolated subscriber VLAN named Research, which provides internet access and enables communications between Research VLAN devices and the remote file servers.
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The first configuration step is to create and
configure the VLANs on the local switch:
create vlan Main configure vlan Main add port 1:* configure vlan Main tag 100 create vlan ClientConnections configure vlan ClientConnections add port 2:* configure vlan ClientConnections tag 200 create vlan Research configure vlan Research add port 3:* configure vlan Research tag 300
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The remote switch VLAN is configured as follows:
create vlan Main configure vlan Main add port 1:* configure vlan Main tag 100
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The next step is to create the PVLAN on the local switch
and configure each of the component VLANs for the proper role:
create private-vlan MedPrivate configure private-vlan "MedPrivate" add network "Main" configure private-vlan "MedPrivate" add subscriber "ClientConnections" configure private-vlan "MedPrivate" add subscriber "Research" non-isolated
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The final step is to configure VLAN translation on the
local switch so that Research VLAN workstations can connect to the
file servers on the remote switch:
configure Main add ports 1:1 private-vlan translated
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To view the completed configuration, enter the show private-vlan
command as follows:
show private-vlan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name VID Protocol Addr Flags Proto Ports Virtual Active router /Total -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MedPrivate VR-Default Network VLAN: -main 100 ------------------------------------- ANY 2 /48 VR-Default Non-Isolated Subscriber VLAN: -Research 300 ------------------------------------- ANY 2 /96 VR-Default Isolated Subscriber VLAN: -ClientConnections 200 --------------------------------- ANY 2 /52 VR-Default