Chapter 23 VLAN Stacking

Click Port-based QinQ in the Advanced Application > VLAN Stacking screen to display the screen as shown.

Figure 109 Advanced Application > VLAN Stacking > Port-based QinQ

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 64 Advanced Application > VLAN Stacking > Port-based QinQ

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Port

The port number identifies the port you are configuring.

 

 

SPVID

SPVID is the service provider’s VLAN ID (the outer VLAN tag). Enter the

 

service provider ID (from 1 to 4094) for frames received on this port. See

 

Chapter 9 on page 117 for more background information on VLAN ID.

 

 

Priority

Select a priority level (from 0 to 7). This is the service provider’s priority level

 

that adds to the frames received on this port.

 

"0" is the lowest priority level and "7" is the highest.

 

 

Inner

Select Trust / Untrust inner tag priority.

Tag

 

Priority

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The Switch

 

loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on

 

the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory

 

when you are done configuring.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

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