
MAGNUM 6K SWITCHES,  MNS-6K USER GUIDE 
configuration 
Learn  Generate advertisements. 
Forward advertisements 
for other VLANs 
Receive advertisements 
and dynamically join any 
advertised VLAN 
Receive 
advertisements and 
dynamically join any 
advertised VLAN that 
has the same VID as 
the static VLAN 
Do not allow the 
port to become a 
member of this 
VLAN 
Block  Generate advertisements 
Forward advertisements 
received from other ports 
to other VLANs 
Do not dynamically join 
any advertised VLAN 
Receive 
advertisements and 
dynamically join any 
advertised VLAN that 
has the same VID 
Do not allow the 
VLAN on this 
port 
Disable  Ignore GVRP and drop 
all GVRP advertisements 
Ignore GVRP and 
drop all GVRP 
advertisements 
Do not allow the 
VLAN on this 
port 
FIGURE 132 – GVRP options 
As the above table indicates a port that has a tagged or untagged static VLAN has the option to 
both generate advertisements and dynamically join other VLANs. 
The unknown VLAN parameters are configured on a per interface basis using the 
CLI. The tagged, untagged, Auto, and Forbid options are configured in the VLAN 
context.  Since dynamic VLANs operate as tagged VLANs, and it is possible that  a 
tagged port on one device may not communicate with an untagged port on another 
device, GarrettCom Inc. recommends that you use Tagged VLANs for the static 
VLANs. 
A dynamic VLAN continues to exist on a port for as long as the port continues to receive 
advertisements of that VLAN from another device connected to that port or until you:  
• Convert the VLAN to a static VLAN 
• Reconfigure the port to Block or Disable 
• Disable GVRP 
• Reboot the switch 
The time-to-live for dynamic VLANs is 10 seconds. That is, if a port has not received an 
advertisement for an existing dynamic VLAN during the last 10 seconds, the port removes itself 
from that dynamic VLAN. 
The commands used for configuring GVRP are 
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