KTI Networks KGD-600 manual Management Vlan, Summary of the rules

4.4.1 Management VLAN

Management VLAN settings allow administrator to access the switch and perform the switch manage- ment over a dedicated VLAN.

The following rules are applied with the Management VLAN:

1.If the VLAN function is disabled, Management VLAN settings are ignored and no VLAN limitation is applied in accessing the switch web management interface. The switch web (http) server only accepts untagged management packets and replies untagged packets to the manage- ment host.

2.If [Management VLAN - VID] settings is zero, no VLAN limitation is applied in accessing the switch web management interface. The switch web (http) server only accepts untagged manage- ment packets and replies untagged packets to the management host.

3.If [Management VLAN - VID] settings is not zero, The switch web (http) server only accepts tagged management packets matched [Management VLAN -VID] and replies tagged packets with tag composed of [Management VLAN] VID, CFI and User Priority settings to the manage- ment host. The egress port will also be limited in the member ports of the matched VLAN group.

Summary of the rules:
VLAN Configuration Management VLAN VID		Switch Embedded Web Server operation
VLAN disabled	Ignore	Accept untagged web packets
		Reply untagged packets
		No VLAN group member checking
VLAN enabled	VID=0	Accept untagged web packets
		Reply untagged packets
		No VLAN group member checking
VLAN enabled	VID<>0	Accept matched tagged web packets only
	( 1 ~ 4095)	Reply tagged packets with the configured tag
		Matched VLAN group member checking

Notes:

1.To apply management VLAN function, be sure to configure a VLAN group that matches the management VID first.

2.No matter how management VLAN is configured, login password authentication is still required.

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