Chapter 2: VLANs
VLAN Tagging
EX2500 software supports 802.1Q VLAN tagging, providing
Tagging places the VLAN identifier in the frame header of a packet, allowing each port to belong to multiple VLANs. When you add a port to multiple VLANs, you also must enable tagging on that port.
Since tagging fundamentally changes the format of frames transmitted on a tagged port, you must carefully plan network designs to prevent tagged frames from being transmitted to devices that do not support 802.1Q VLAN tags, or devices where tagging is not enabled.
The following important terms are used with the 802.1Q tagging feature:
VLAN identifier
Port VLAN identifier
Tagged
Untagged frame— A frame that does not carry any VLAN tagging information in the frame header.
Untagged
Tagged
NOTE: If an 802.1Q tagged frame is received by a port that has VLAN tagging disabled and the port VLAN ID (PVID) is different from the VLAN ID of the packet, then the frame is dropped at the ingress port.
Figure 1 illustrates the default VLAN settings on the switch.
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