implementing private VLANs on Firepower

[PiotrB]

My department is looking for implementing private VLANs on Firepower 2000 and 4000 series.

Is this feature available or supported on FTD/FMC?

Thanks in advance for the reply.

[Rob Ingram]

@PiotrB Private VLANs are a function of switches, not the firewalls.

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst9300/software/release/17-3/configuration_guide/vlan/b_173_vlan_9300_cg/configuring_private_vlans.html

You can segment networks (VLANs) behind the Firewall, but filtering traffic within the VLAN would not be routed via the Firewall.

[Marvin Rhoads · Accepted solution]

Adding to what @Rob Ingram correctly noted, even the firewall models that support onboard switching (like the Cisco Secure Firewall 1010) do not support private VLANs.

PVLAN is mostly a technology that has been abandoned in favor of other segmentation or microsegmentation techniques. I have seen them in use in production once in over 30 years of experience working with hundreds of customer networks.

[Wan_Whisperer]

Marvin,

Can you go into a little more detail on the "segmentation or microsegmentation techniques" ?

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