VLAN Redirect Configuration Screen
Chassis Menu Screens 4-23
14. Use the SPACE bar to select either the ADD or DELETE option. Press ENTER. This adds or
deletes the selections for the Source Port, Destination Port, Frame Format, and Redirect Errors
made in steps 1 through 12 and also updates the screen.
15. Use the arrow keys to highlight SAVE at the bottom of the screen. Press ENTER. The message
“SAVED OK” displays. This saves the new settings and updates the Source Port and Module,
and the Destination Port and Module read-only fields.
4.9 VLAN REDIRECT CONFIGURATION SCREEN
When to Use
To select a source module and VLAN ID and a destination module and port as well to add a new
VLAN Redirect or delete an existing one. For example, VLANID 1 can be set as the source
VLAN ID with port 2 as the destination port. Traffic from VLAN 1 is then automatically
redirected to port 2 according to the Frame Format setting for that source VLAN. The Frame
Format setting determines the format in which the frames received belonging to the source VLAN
are redirected to the destination port. The frames can be forwarded in the frame format as received,
tagged, or untagged.
The VLAN redirect function is very useful for troubleshooting purposes, as it allows traffic
associated with a particular VLAN to be sent to a particular port where, with the use of an analyzer
or RMON probe, all current traffic from the source VLAN can be examined.
TIP: If more than one port is being redirected, repeat steps 1 through 14 for each
additional setting. Then go to step 15 to save all the new settings at once.
If an entry is to be changed, delete the entry, save the screen, then recreate the entry
with its new settings.
Any combination of port redirect instances (configured on the Port Redirect
Configuration screen) and/or VLAN redirect instances (configured on the VLAN Redirect
Configuration screen) can be configured, up to 128 instances total per module. A
maximum of 640 instances can be configured on a fully loaded (5 module) chassis. Up
to 24 instances can be configured as remote instances to other modules in the chassis.
Remote instances are instances that are mapped from one module to another within the
same chassis.
NOTE: Although traffic associated with a particular VLAN is sent to the destination port,
normal switching is still performed for all frames on the source port.
The Redirect Errors function is not supported on this screen.