To allow the host ports in secondary VLANs to communicate outside the private VLAN, you associate secondary VLANs to the primary VLAN. If the association is not operational, the host ports (isolated and community ports) in the secondary VLAN are brought down.
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You can associate a secondary VLAN with only one primary VLAN.
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For an association to be operational, the following conditions must be met:
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The primary VLAN must exist.
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The secondary VLAN must exist.
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The primary VLAN must be configured as a primary VLAN.
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The secondary VLAN must be configured as either an isolated or community VLAN.
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See the show
command display to verify that the association is operational. The device does not issue an error message when the association is nonoperational.
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If you delete either the primary or secondary VLAN, the ports that are associated with the VLAN become inactive. When you reconvert the specified VLAN to private VLAN mode, the original associations are reinstated.
If the association is not operational on private VLAN trunk ports, only that VLAN goes down, not the entire port.
When you enter the no private-vlan command, the VLAN returns to the normal VLAN mode. All associations on that VLAN are suspended, but the interfaces remain in private VLAN mode.
If you enter the no vlan command for the primary VLAN, all private VLAN associations with that VLAN are lost. However, if you enter the no vlan command for a secondary VLAN, the private VLAN associations with that VLAN are suspended and return when you recreate the specified VLAN and configure it as the secondary VLAN.
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This behavior is different from how Catalyst devices work.
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In order to change the association between a secondary and primary VLAN, you must first remove the current association and then add the desired association.