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Preamble
SFD
DA
SA
Type/LEN
PAYLOAD
FCS
Original frame
Preamble
SFD
DA
SA
TAG
TCI/P/C/VID
Type/LEN
PAYLOAD FCS
802.1q
frame
PRE Preamble
62 bits
Used to synchronize traffic
SFD Start Frame Delimiter
2 bits
Marks the beginning of the header
DA Destination Address
6 bytes
The MAC address of the destination
SA Source Address
6 bytes
The MAC address of the source
TCI Tag Control Info
2 bytes set to 8100 for 802.1p and Q tags
P Priority
3 bits
Indicates 802.1p priority level 0-7
C Canonical Indicator
1 bit
Indicates if the MAC addresses are in
Canonical format – Ethernet set to “0”
VID VLAN Identifier
12 bits
Indicates the VLAN (0-4095)
T/L Type/Length Field
2 bytes
Ethernet II “type” or 802.3 “length”
Payload < or = 1500 bytes User data
FCS Frame Check Sequence
4 bytes
Cyclical Redundancy Check
Click the folder
VLAN Configuration
from the
Switch Management
folder and then the following
screen page appears.
1. Port Based VLAN:
Configure Port-Based VLAN settings.
2. IEEE 802.1Q Tag VLAN:
Configure IEEE 802.1Q Tag VLAN settings.
