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Chapter 12 Monitoring Carrier Ethernet Services Working with VLANs
Working with Associated VLANs
Prime Network Vision discovers associations between network VLANs and displays the information in
Prime Network Vision. Network VLAN associations are represented by VLAN service links, and can be
any of the tag manipulation types described in Table 12-26.
When working with VLANs, you can:
• Add an associated VLAN—See Adding an Associated VLAN, page 12-55.
• View properties for associated VLANs—See Viewing Associated Network VLAN Service Links
and VLAN Mapping Properties, page 12-57.

Adding an Associated VLAN

To add an associated VLAN to an existing VLAN in a map:
Step 1 In Prime Network Vision, select the required VLAN in the map view.
Step 2 Right-click the VLAN and choose Add Associated VLAN.
The Add Associated VLAN table is displayed as shown in Figure 12-28.
Table 12-26 Types of Tag Manipulations in VLAN Associations
VLAN Tag Manipulation Description Example
One-to-one One VLAN tag is translated to
another VLAN tag. VLAN tag 100 > VLAN tag 200
Two-t o-tw o • Two VLAN tags exist and both
are translated to other tags.
• Two VLAN tags exist, but tag
manipulation is applied only to
the outer tag.
• Inner tag 100, Outer tag 101 >
Inner tag 200, Outer tag 201
• Inner tag 100, Outer tag 101 >
Inner tag 100, Outer tag 201
One-to-two One VLAN tag exists and an
additional tag is inserted into the
packet.
VLAN tag 100 > Inner tag 100,
Outer tag 101