VLAN Management
Defining VLAN Membership
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To forward packets properly, intermediate VLAN-aware devices that carry VLAN
traffic along the path between end nodes must be manually configured.
Untagged port membership between two VLAN-aware devices with no
intervening VLAN-aware devices, must be to the same VLAN. In other words, the
PVID on the ports between the two devices must be the same if the ports are to
send and receive untagged packets to and from the VLAN. Otherwise, traffic might
leak from one VLAN to another.
Frames that are VLAN-tagged can pass through other network devices that are
VLAN-aware or VLAN-unaware. If a destination end node is VLAN-unaware, but is
to receive traffic from a VLAN, then the last VLAN-aware device (if there is one),
must send frames of the destination VLAN to the end node untagged.
Configuring Port to VLAN
Use the
Port to VLAN
page
to display and configure the ports within a specific
VLAN.
To map ports or LAGs to a VLAN:
STEP 1
Click
VLAN Management
>
Port to VLAN
. The
Port to VLAN
page is displayed.
STEP 2
Select a VLAN and the interface type (Port or LAG), and click
Go
to display or to
change the port characteristic with respect to the VLAN.
The port mode for each port or LAG is displayed with its current port mode
(Access, Trunk or General) configured from the
Interface Settings
page.
Each port or LAG is displayed with its current registration to the VLAN.
STEP 3
Change the registration of an interface to the VLAN by selecting the desired
option from the following list:
•
Forbidden
—The interface is not allowed to join the VLAN. When a port is not
a member of any other VLAN, enabling this option on the port makes the port
part of internal VLAN 4095 (a reserved VID).
•
Excluded
—The interface is currently not a member of the VLAN. This is the
default for all the ports and LAGs when the VLAN is newly created.
•
Tagged
—The interface is a tagged member of the VLAN.
•
Untagged
—The interface is an untagged member of the VLAN. Frames of
the VLAN are sent untagged to the interface VLAN.