Configuring a Hybrid System with Common and Dedicated Uplinks

This configuration allows a combination of common and dedicated uplinks to be set up between the firewall and the Switch. The dedicated uplinks are used to carry PortShield traffic corresponding to the connected firewall interface. The common uplink is used to carry PortShield traffic for the remaining firewall interfaces (with no dedicated uplinks).

Hybrid Link Topology shows a hybrid uplink integration topology of a SonicWall firewall with a SonicWall Switch:

• The dedicated uplink between X0 on the firewall and port 11 on the Switch is set up to carry PortShield traffic for X0.
• The common link between X3 on the firewall and port 1 on the Switch carries PortShield traffic for firewall interfaces other than X0.
• Ports X0 and 11 for the dedicated uplink are trunk mode ports for the VLAN corresponding to X0. Ports X3 and 1 for the common uplink are trunk ports, and VLANs corresponding to all firewall interfaces, except X0, are added as members to this trunk to facilitate carrying the PortShield VLAN-tagged traffic.

In this configuration, the link between X3 and 1 is also used to carry management traffic between the firewall and the Switch.

To set up a hybrid configuration with common and dedicated uplinks

1. Set up the Switch as described in Adding a Switch to a Firewall Manually.
2. Configure the uplink as described inConfiguring a Dedicated Uplink.