Enterasys Networks Matrix E7, 6000 manual Name, Port Egress Information, Current, Desired

The Device View

VLAN ID

Unique identifier for the VLAN.

Name

Name assigned to the VLAN.

Port Egress Information

The Port Egress Information box lists the ports whose egress lists contain the selected VLAN. You can use this list to change how frames belonging to the selected VLAN will be forwarded out a port.

Index

Sequence number identifying the port.

Current

Displays how frames belonging to the selected VLAN are currently forwarded out the port: No Egress (frames will not be transmitted), Tagged (frames will be transmitted as tagged), or Untagged (frames will be transmitted as untagged).

Desired

Displays how frames belonging to the selected VLAN will be forwarded out the port: No Egress (frames will not be transmitted), Tagged (frames will be transmitted as tagged), or Untagged (frames will be transmitted as untagged).

The Status bar at the bottom of the window indicates the operation currently taking place in the window.

Building an Egress List

To build egress lists for your 802.1Q switch:

1.In the list box at the top of the VLAN Egress Port Configuration window, click to select a VLAN. The ports that contain this VLAN in their egress lists are displayed in the lower portion of the window.

2.To set the egress type for one port: In the Port Egress Information list, right-click the desired port, and select how the frames are to be transmitted: No Egress (frames will not be transmitted), Tagged (frames will be transmitted as tagged), or Untagged (frames will be transmitted as untagged).

To set the egress type for all ports: In the Port Egress Information list, right-click any port, and select All No Egress (frames will not be transmitted), All Tagged (frames will be transmitted as tagged) or All Untagged (frames will be transmitted as untagged).

3.Click Apply to set the change(s).

4.Repeat for another VLAN, if desired.

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