Sun Microsystems X1150A To Configure Static VLANs, Vlan logical PPA = 1000 * VID + Device PPA

FIGURE 5-2

Tagging an Ethernet frame requires the addition of a tag header to the frame. The header is inserted immediately following the Destination MAC address and the Source MAC address. The tag header consists of two bytes of Ethernet Tag Protocol Identifier (TPID, 0x8100) and two bytes of Tag Control Information (TCI).

shows the Ethernet Tag Header format.

					Octet
						1
		TPID (0x8100
						2
	3 bits		1	12 bytes		3
			bit			4
User_		priority
			CFI	VID

FIGURE 5-2Ethernet Tag Header Format

By default, a single VLAN is configured for every port, which groups all ports into the same broadcast domain, just as if there were no VLANs at all, VLAN tagging for the switch port turned off.

Note –If you configure a VLAN virtual device for an adapter, all traffic sent or received by that adapter must be in VLAN-tagged format.

▼To Configure Static VLANs

1.Create one hostname6.cenum file for each VLAN which will be configured for each adapter on the server, using the following naming format that includes both the VID and the physical point of attachment (PPA):

VLAN logical PPA = <1000 * VID> + <Device PPA>

ce123000 = 1000*123 + ce

This format limits the maximum number of PPAs (instances) you can configure to 1000 in the /etc/path_to_inst file.

For example, on a server with the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter having an instance of 0, that belongs to a member of two VLANs, with VID 123 and 224, you would use ce123000 and ce224000, respectively, as the two VLAN PPAs.

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