Operation Manual – GVRP
H3C S3100 Series Ethernet Switches
Chapter 1 GVRP Configuration
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Field
Description
Value
Attribute
Each general attribute
consists of three parts:
Attribute Length, Attribute
Event, and Attribute
Value.
Each LeaveAll attribute
consists of two parts:
Attribute Length and
LeaveAll Event.
—
Attribute Length
The length of the attribute
2 to 255 (in bytes)
Attribute Event
The event described by
the attribute
0: LeaveAll Event
1: JoinEmpty
2: JoinIn
3: LeaveEmpty
4: LeaveIn
5: Empty
Attribute Value
The value of the attribute
For GVRP packets, the
value of this field is the
VLAN ID; however, for
LeaveAll messages, this
field is invalid.
End Mark
End mark of an GARP
PDU
The value of this field is
fixed to 0x00.
1.1.2 GVRP
As an implementation of GARP, GARP VLAN registration protocol (GVRP) maintains
dynamic VLAN registration information and propagates the information to the other
switches through GARP.
With GVRP enabled on a device, the VLAN registration information received by the
device from other devices is used to dynamically update the local VLAN registration
information, including the information about the VLAN members, the ports through
which the VLAN members can be reached, and so on. The device also propagates the
local VLAN registration information to other devices so that all the devices in the same
LAN can have the same VLAN information. VLAN registration information propagated
by GVRP includes static VLAN registration information, which is manually configured
locally on each device, and dynamic VLAN registration information, which is received
from other devices.
GVRP has the following three port registration modes: Normal, Fixed, and Forbidden,
as described in the following.