Interlogix NS3500-28T-4S, User Manual

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IEEE 802.1Q Tagged and Untagged
Every port on an 802.1Q compliant switch can be configured as tagged or untagged.
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Tagged:
Ports with tagging enabled will put the VID number, priority and other VLAN information into the
header of all packets that flow into those ports. If a packet has previously been tagged, the port
will not alter the packet, thus keeping the VLAN information intact. The VLAN information in the
tag can then be used by other 802.1Q compliant devices on the network to make
packet-forwarding decisions.
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Untagged:
Ports with untagging enabled will strip the 802.1Q tag from all packets that flow into those
ports. If the packet doesn't have an 802.1Q VLAN tag, the port will not alter the packet. Thus,
all packets received by and forwarded by an untagging port will have no 802.1Q VLAN
information. (Remember that the PVID is only used internally within the Switch). Untagging is
used to send packets from an 802.1Q-compliant network device to a non-compliant network
device.
Frame Income
Frame Leave
Income Frame is
tagged
Income Frame is
untagged
Leave port is tagged Frame remains tagged Tag is inserted
Leave port is untagged Tag is removed Frame remain untagged
Table 4-5-1:
Ingress / Egress Port with VLAN VID Tag / Untag Table
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IEEE 802.1Q Tunneling (Q-in-Q)
IEEE 802.1Q Tunneling (QinQ) is designed for service providers carrying traffic for multiple customers across their
networks. QinQ tunneling is used to maintain customer-specific VLAN and Layer 2 protocol configurations even when
different customers use the same internal VLAN IDs. This is accomplished by inserting
Service Provider VLAN
(SPVLAN)
tags into the customer’s frames when they enter the service provider’s network, and then stripping the tags
when the frames leave the network.
A service provider’s customers may have specific requirements for their internal VLAN IDs and number of VLANs
supported. VLAN ranges required by different customers in the same service-provider network might easily overlap,
and traffic passing through the infrastructure might be mixed. Assigning a unique range of VLAN IDs to each customer
would restrict customer configurations, require intensive processing of VLAN mapping tables, and could easily exceed
the maximum VLAN limit of 4096.