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connection between ports includes management. Management can be
assigned a VLAN.
Mode 5
Only accepts untagged traffic at the Downlink Ports. All Uplink traffic is
tagged. Each Downlink Port adds a Qualified or Not Qualified VLAN tag
to all ingress traffic. Management only accepted from Uplink Port and
can be assigned a VLAN.
Mode 6
Accepts both tagged and untagged traffic at the Downlink Ports. All
Uplink traffic is tagged. Each Downlink Port adds a Qualified or Not
Qualified VLAN tag to all ingress traffic. Management only accepted
from Uplink Port and can be assigned a VLAN.
Mode 7
Allows each port to be defined as a Drop or a Trunk port. Each Drop
port assigns a Qualified or Not Qualified VLAN-tag to all ingress traffic.
Assigned VLAN tags are added to the packet when they exit a Trunk port.
Management is accepted on any Trunk port and can be assigned a VLAN.
Mode 8
Allows up to 64 VLAN IDs to be defined. Each port can be a tagged or
no-tag member of a defined VLAN. A tag member ports will allow these
tagged frames to enter/exit the port. No-tag members’ ports will add this
tag to assigned frames at egress. NOTE, only one No-tag VLAN can be
assigned to a given port but any or all defined tags can be assigned as tags
for a given port.
To configure VLAN IDs, press the
Spacebar
when in the Command List section of the
Main Configuration screen (console configuration). VLAN is an available option.
Type
vlan
and press
Enter
for VLAN Configuration.
VLAN Mode Screen
When accessing
vlan
in the Main Task Screen, the current VLAN mode is displayed.
The first screen for each mode provides an overview and features of that mode, as
well as instructions on how to proceed through the mode or return to the previous
menu.
