This feature is targeted at those of you with large non-Metal environments.
Let’s say you have a few hundred VLANs on the other side. With Dedicated Tunnel Mode, instead of configuring each of those in our portal, you can set up a single “dedicated tunnel”, tag the VLANs, and et voila - you’re in business. In other words, you can leverage a dedicated port as an 802.1q tunnel. Also known as QinQ!
Interested? Check out the docs for all the details.
Also, there are so many cool tunnel pictures on Unsplash.
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