3Com WX4400 3CRWX440095A manual Configuring a Vlan Profile, Enabling Local Switching on a MAP

Configuring Local Packet Switching on MAPs 253

Configuring Local Configuring a MAP to perform local switching consists of the following Switching tasks:

„Configuring a VLAN profile for the MAP, which specifies the VLANs that are to be locally switched

„Enabling local switching on the MAP

„Applying the VLAN profile to the MAP

In addition, the VLAN profile can be cleared from the MAP, or removed from the WX switch.

Configuring a VLAN Profile

A VLAN profile consists of a list of VLANs and tags. When a VLAN profile is applied to a MAP, traffic for the VLANs specified in the VLAN profile is locally switched by the MAP instead of being tunneled back to a WX switch.

To add VLANs to a VLAN profile, use the following command:

set vlan-profileprofile-name vlan vlan-name [tag tag-value]

You enter a separate set vlan-profilecommand for each VLAN you want to add to the VLAN profile. A VLAN profile can contain up to 128 entries. When the optional tag-valueis set, it is used as the 802.1Q tag for the VLAN.

To add an entry for VLAN red to VLAN profile locals, type the following command:

WX# set vlan-profile locals vlan red success: change accepted.

Enabling Local Switching on a MAP

To enable local switching for a specified MAP, use the following command:

set ap apnumber local-switching mode {enable disable}

Local switching can be enabled on MAPs that are connected to the WX switch via an intermediate Layer 2 or Layer 3 network. Local switching is not supported for MAPs that are directly connected to a WX.