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User’s Manual
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5.18 GVRP Configuration
GVRP is an application based on the Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP), mainly
used to automatically and dynamically maintain the group membership information
of the
VLANs. GVRP provides the VLAN registration service through a GARP application. The GARP
Information Declaration (GID) is used to maintain the ports associated with their attribute
database and GARP Information Propagation (GIP) to communicate among switches and end
stations. With GID information and GIP, GVRP state machine maintain the contents of Dynamic
VLAN Registration Entries for each VLAN and propagate these information to other GVRP-
aware devices to setup and update their knowledge database, the set of VLANs associated with
currently active members, and through which ports these members can be reached.
GVRP cannot be enabled unless the VLAN mode is set to Tag based.
GVRP is disabled by default.
The following three functions are supported with GVRP:
Figure 5.42 – GVRP Configuration
Function name:
GVRP Config
Function description:
The function of GVRP Config is used to configure each port’s GVRP operation mode. There are
seven parameters to be configured which are described below.
Parameter description:
GVRP State Setting:
This function allows you to enable or disable the GVRP function. Use the drop down list and
select the
Downward
arrow key to choose
Enable
or
Disable
. Select
Apply
and the function
will take effect immediately.
Join Time:
