LevelOne GSW-4876 User Manual

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| Configuring the Switch

IEEE 802.1Q VLANs

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Port Type – Configures how a port processes the VLAN ID in ingress

frames. (Default: Unaware)

C-port – For customer ports, each frame is assigned to the VLAN

indicated in the VLAN tag, and the tag is removed.

S-port – For service ports, the EtherType of all received frames is

changed to 0x88a8 to indicate that double-tagged frames are being

forwarded across the switch. The switch will pass these frames on

to the VLAN indicated in the outer tag. It will not strip the outer tag,

nor change any components of the tag other than the EtherType

field.

S-custom-port – For custom service ports, the EtherType of all

received frames is changed to value set in the Ethertype for Custom
S-ports field to indicate that double-tagged frames are being

forwarded across the switch. The switch will pass these frames on

to the VLAN indicated in the outer tag. It will not strip the outer tag,

nor change any components of the tag other than the EtherType

field.

Unaware – All frames are classified to the Port VLAN ID and tags

are not removed.

Ingress Filtering - Determines how to process frames tagged for

VLANs for which the ingress port is not a member. (Default: Disabled)

Ingress filtering only affects tagged frames.

If ingress filtering is enabled and a port receives frames tagged for

VLANs for which it is not a member, these frames will be discarded.

If ingress filtering is disabled and a port receives frames tagged for

VLANs for which it is not a member, these frames will be flooded to

all other ports.

Ingress filtering does not affect VLAN independent BPDU frames,

such as GVRP or STP. However, they do affect VLAN dependent

BPDU frames, such as GMRP.

Frame Type - Sets the interface to accept all frame types, including

tagged or untagged frames, only tagged frames, or only untagged

frames. When set to receive all frame types, any received frames that

are untagged are assigned to the default VLAN. When set to receive

only tagged frames, all untagged frames received on the interface are

discarded. (Option: All, Tagged, Untagged; Default: All)

Port VLAN Mode - Determines how to process VLAN tags for ingress

and egress traffic. (Options: None, Specific; Default: Specific)

None - The ID for the VLAN to which this frame has been assigned

is inserted in frames transmitted from the port. The assigned VLAN

ID can be based on the ingress tag for tagged frames, or the default

PVID for untagged ingress frames. Note that this mode is normally

used for ports connected to VLAN-aware switches.

Specific - A Port VLAN ID can be configured (as described below).

Untagged frames received on the port are classified to the Port

VLAN ID. If Port Type is Unaware, all frames received on the port

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