In a traditional VLAN, the VLAN represents an L3 broadcast domain or a subnet. Exclusive VLAN (XVLAN) provides a discrete isolation of ports belonging to a traditional VLAN. Therefore, one host in an XVLAN can communicate with some of the hosts in the XVLAN, while another host cannot do the same even though they are in the same XVLAN and configured in the same subnet.
Refer to the Sun Ethernet Fabric Operating System XVLAN Administration Guide for more information about this feature. For information about supported XVLAN commands, refer to the Sun Ethernet Fabric Operating System CLI Base Reference Manual.