docs/en-US/layer2-switch.xml

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<section id="layer2-switch">
  <title>Layer-2 Switch</title>
  <para>The layer-2 switch is the access switching layer inside the pod.</para>
  <itemizedlist>
    <listitem>
      <para>It should trunk all VLANs into every computing host.</para>
    </listitem>
    <listitem>
      <para>It should switch traffic for the management network containing computing and storage
        hosts. The layer-3 switch will serve as the gateway for the management network.</para>
    </listitem>
  </itemizedlist>
  <formalpara>
    <title>Example Configurations</title>
    <para>This section contains example configurations for specific switch models for pod-level
      layer-2 switching. It assumes VLAN management protocols such as VTP or GVRP have been
      disabled. The scripts must be changed appropriately if you choose to use VTP or GVRP.</para>
  </formalpara>
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