Enterasys Networks Matrix E7, 6000 manual Setting a Port’s Acceptable Frame Types

The Device View

Setting a Port’s Egress State

To set a port’s egress state:

1.In the table, click to select the port whose egress state you wish to set. The port’s current VLAN configuration information, including its egress state, will be displayed in the fields below.

2.Use the Egress State drop-down list to specify the egress state for the selected port: No Egress (frames are not forwarded out the port), Tagged (only tagged frames are forwarded out the port), Untagged (only untagged frames are forwarded out the port).

3.Click the Apply button. The new egress state will be reflected in the VLAN Port Configuration (Advanced) window’s table.

NOTE

In order to properly configure the Egress state for backplane ports, the Auto VLAN Backplane Configuration option should be set to disabled. This option is available via local management. If the option is set to enabled, the backplane ports cannot be set to No Egress via Element Manager.

Setting a Port’s Acceptable Frame Types

To set a port’s Acceptable Frame Types:

1.Select the desired port in the table:

2.Use the Acceptable Frame Types drop-down list to select: admitAll (the port accepts both tagged and untagged frames), or admitOnlyVlanTagged (the port accepts only tagged frames). If the port does not support this functionality, the field will be grayed out.

3.Click the Apply button. The new state will be reflected in the VLAN Port Configuration (Advanced) window’s table.

Configuring Ingress Filtering

To configure Ingress Filtering on a port:

1.Select the desired port in the table:

2.Use the Ingress Filtering drop-down list to specify whether the port will perform Ingress Filtering: Yes or No.

3.Click the Apply button. The new state will be reflected in the VLAN Port Configuration (Advanced) window’s table.

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