Virtual Switch / Port Group


Hello, I am new to Zyxel Switches, but I cannot find an option to create virtual Switches (as in VMWare VSphere Port Groups) that keep groups of ports completely separated from each other (independent of VLAN).
I think it would be much clearer to the user which groups/sets of ports can NOT communicate with each other, if they could be assigned to port groups in such a way that clearly separates them from each other in the GUI and "physically" (using separate ARP and routing tables, etc.). Otherwise there is a chance of misconfiguration, when configuring a subset of physical ports for a specific, isolated use case from the rest, even when leaving the default VLAN active for all ports.
Sometimes would be is useful to have a set of ports completely isolated from the rest (e.g. for connecting IPMI / Management ports). Adding a separate physical Switch would be rather wasteful in terms of cost, rackspace and energy use.
Achieving this using VLANs seems more Error-prone (misconfiguration, leftover or temporary VLAN assignments from bypassing such a restriction, etc) and not very simple / user-friendly to set up (at least without a Port-centric VLAN config screen)
In addition there is the security risk of spoofing - especially when also making use dynamic features such as VLAN assignment by Protocol / MAC / VendorID / Subnet for the regular ports
Comments
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Hi @someone ,
Based on your description, we believe physical switches can support these functionalities.
Could you please share on the specific scenario and application where you want to use a virtual switch within a physical switch?
Also, could you share which switch vendor and model supports virtual switching? This information will help us research and provide better feedback.0 -
It sounds like port based VLAN is what you want which is on some of Zyxel switches when enabled from 802.1Q to Port Based
Been some time when I last looked at it I think the above does.
Port 1,9 and 10 are on there own
Port 2,3,4 are in a group with port 8 as uplink
Port 5,6,7 are in a group with port 8 as uplink0
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