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GARP/GVRP Bridging Configuration Guide
5.11.2 Configuring GARP/GVRP
To configure GARP/GVRP on the RS, you should do the following:
1. Enable GVRP functionality on the RS. (GVRP is disabled on the RS by default.)
2. Enable GVRP on individual ports. (GVRP is disabled on all ports on the RS by default.)
You can optionally set the following features by using the
garp
and
gvrp
commands described in the Riverstone RS
Switch Router Command Line Interface Reference Manual:
• Enable dynamic VLAN creation. (This feature is disabled by default.) When you enable this feature,
VLANs will be created dynamically when there is a GVRP request for a VLAN that does not exist
on the RS. In addition, you will still be able to configure VLANs manually through the CLI.
• Set a port’s registration mode to forbidden. Registration modes refer to whether VLAN IDs can be
dynamically registered or de-registered on a port. You can set a port’s mode to forbidden to prevent
it from being dynamically added to a VLAN. Setting a port to “forbidden registration” de-registers
all VLANS (except VLAN 1) and prevents further VLAN registration on the port.
• Set a port’s status to non-participating. When you do so, the specified ports will not send GARP
PDUs.
• Change the default values for the following GARP timers:
- leaveall timer default is 10,000 ms
- leave timer default is 600 ms (When configuring the leave timer, its value should be three times
that of the join timer.)
- join timer default is 200 ms
Note For GARP to operate properly, all layer-2 connected devices should have the same
GARP timer values.