Chapter 28 VLAN Mapping

28.3 Configuring VLAN Mapping

Click the VLAN Mapping Configure link in the VLAN Mapping screen to display the screen as shown. Use this screen to enable and edit the VLAN mapping rule(s).

Figure 149 VLAN Mapping Configuration

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 95 VLAN Mapping Configuration

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Check this box to activate this rule.

 

 

Name

Enter a descriptive name (up to 32 printable ASCII characters) for

 

identification purposes.

 

 

Port

Type a port to be included in this rule.

 

 

VID

Enter a VLAN ID from 1 to 4094. This is the VLAN tag carried in the

 

packets and will be translated into the VID you specified in the

 

Translated VID field.

 

 

Translated VID

Enter a VLAN ID (from 1 to 4094) into which the customer VID carried in

 

the packets will be translated.

 

 

Priority

Select a priority level (from 0 to 7). This is the priority level that replaces

 

the customer priority level in the tagged packets or adds to the untagged

 

packets.

 

 

Add

Click Add to insert the entry in the summary table below and 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 reset the fields to your previous configuration.

 

 

Index

This is the number of the VLAN mapping entry in the table.

 

 

Active

This shows whether this entry is activated or not.

 

 

Name

This is the descriptive name for this rule.

 

 

Port

This is the port number to which this rule is applied.

 

 

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