RackSwitch G8000 Application Guide
VLAN Tagging
Blade OS software supports IEEE 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.
Important terms used with the 802.1Q tagging feature are:
VLAN identifier
Port VLAN identifier
Tagged
Untagged frame— a frame that does not carry any VLAN tagging information in the frame header.
Untagged
Tagged
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