VLAN Management

Current Settings

Table 4-6 describes each setting on the Advance Group Static Configuration Menu screen.

Setting

Description

 

 

VLAN Index

The VLAN Index of the VLAN group for which the informa-

 

tion on the screen applies. The index is maintained by the sys-

 

tem, and is not necessarily the same as the VID.

 

 

Port List

Shows each port’s current membership status for this VLAN

 

group.

 

 

VID

VLAN ID.

 

 

FID

Filtering ID.

 

 

Created By

Creator of this VLAN group; either Mgmt or GVRP.

 

 

Mgm Access

Whether management access is currently enabled or disabled.

 

 

Name

The name arbitrarily assigned to the VLAN group.

 

 

Status

Whether the VLAN group is active or inactive, and whether

 

independent learning or shared learning of addresses is enabled.

 

 

Table 4-7 VLAN Group Static Configuration Settings

Specifying Tagging or No Tagging for a Port

Each VLAN maintains a list of ports that do not send tagged frames. When you add a port member to a VLAN, it is added to the untagged set by default. This means the frames sent out on this port will be untagged.

If you want to ristrict the port to sending only tagged frames on a given VLAN, you must delete the port from the VLAN’s untagged set.

To delete a port from the untagged set, type d in the Advance Group Static Configuration Menu. Then enter the module and port description.

To add a port to the VLAN’s untagged set, type a in the Advance Group Static Configuration Menu. Then enter the module and port description.

Specifying Shared or Independent Address Learning

By default, independent learning of addresses is enabled. Under independent learning, all addresses learned in a VLAN are stored in an address table for

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Asante Technologies 8000 Specifying Tagging or No Tagging for a Port, Specifying Shared or Independent Address Learning