The PowerConnect 5324 does not support private VLANs. The PowerConnect 3400 and 6200 Series do, however, support private VLANs. One way to accomplish this with the 5324 (and this only seems reasonable for a small network) is to setup each server-connected switch port to a separate VLAN. The uplink to your gateway would then need to be a member of all these VLANs. Hope this information helps.
customer — The port is connected to customer equipment. Used when the switch is in a provider network.
access — Untagged layer 2 VLAN interface
trunk — Trunking layer 2 VLAN interface
general — Full 802.1q support VLAN interface
Basically the "customer" option is used when you want to implement Q-in-Q tagging or sometimes referred to as double-tagging or VLAN Stacking. This is primarily used in a service provider environment. It allows service providers to use a single VLAN to support multiple customer VLANS. Basically the traffic carries a second 802.1Q tag, with the outer tag containing the service-provider-assigned VLAN ID and the inner tag containing the customer-assigned VLAN IDs.
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switchport mode { customer | access | trunk | general}
no switchport mode
Basically the "customer" option is used when you want to implement Q-in-Q tagging or sometimes referred to as double-tagging or VLAN Stacking. This is primarily used in a service provider environment. It allows service providers to use a single VLAN to support multiple customer VLANS. Basically the traffic carries a second 802.1Q tag, with the outer tag containing the service-provider-assigned VLAN ID and the inner tag containing the customer-assigned VLAN IDs.
Hope this helps