Chapter 12 VLAN

12.2.1 Forwarding Tagged and Untagged Frames

Each port on the MES-2110 is capable of passing tagged or untagged frames. To forward a frame from an 802.1Q VLAN-aware switch to an 802.1Q VLAN-unaware switch, the MES-2110 first decides where to forward the frame and then strips off the VLAN tag. To forward a frame from an 802.1Q VLAN-unaware switch to an 802.1Q VLAN-aware switch, the MES-2110 first decides where to forward the frame, and then inserts a VLAN tag reflecting the ingress port's default VID. The default PVID is VLAN 1 for all ports, but this can be changed.

A broadcast frame (or a multicast frame for a multicast group that is known by the system) is duplicated only on ports that are members of the VID (except the ingress port itself), thus confining the broadcast to a specific domain.

Please refer to the following table for common IEEE 802.1Q VLAN terminology.

Table 28 IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Terminology

VLAN

TERM

DESCRIPTION

PARAMETER

 

 

VLAN Type

Permanent VLAN

This is a static VLAN created manually.

 

 

 

 

Dynamic VLAN

This is a VLAN configured by a GVRP registration/

 

 

deregistration process.

 

 

 

VLAN

Registration Fixed

Fixed registration ports are permanent VLAN

Administrative

 

members.

Control

 

 

Registration

Ports with registration forbidden are forbidden to

 

 

Forbidden

join the specified VLAN.

 

 

 

 

Normal

Ports dynamically join a VLAN using GVRP.

 

Registration

 

 

 

 

VLAN Tag Control

Tagged

Ports belonging to the specified VLAN tag all

 

 

outgoing frames transmitted.

 

 

 

 

Untagged

Ports belonging to the specified VLAN don't tag all

 

 

outgoing frames transmitted.

 

 

 

VLAN Port

Port VID

This is the VLAN ID assigned to untagged frames

 

 

that this port received.

 

 

 

 

Acceptable Frame

You may choose to accept both tagged and

 

Type

untagged incoming frames, just tagged incoming

 

 

frames or just untagged incoming frames on a

 

 

port.

 

 

 

 

Ingress filtering

If set, the MES-2110 discards incoming frames

 

 

for VLANs that do not have this port as a

 

 

member.

 

 

 

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