5.1 Introduction to GVRP
This section describes the definition, purpose and benefit of GVRP.
Definition
The Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP) provides a mechanism to propagate
attributes so that a protocol entity can register and deregister attributes. By filling different
attributes into GARP packets, GARP supports different upper-layer applications.
The GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) is used to register and deregister VLAN
attributes.
GARP identifies applications through destination MAC addresses. IEEE Std 802.1Q assigns
01-80-C2-00-00-21 to the VLAN application (GVRP).
Purpose
To deploy certain VLANs on all devices on a network, the network administrator needs to
manually create these VLANs on each device. As shown in
, three routers are
connected through trunk links. VLAN 2 is configured on Router A, and VLAN 1 is configured
on Router B and Router C. To forward packets of VLAN 2 from Router A to Router C, the
network administrator must manually create VLAN 2 on Router B and Router C.
Figure 5-1
Networking of GVRP application
RouterA
RouterB
RouterC
When a network is complicated and the network administrator is unfamiliar with the network
topology or when many VLANs are configured on the network, huge workload is required for
manual configuration. In addition, configuration errors may occur. In this case, you can configure
GVRP on the network to implement automatic registration of VLANs.
Benefits
GVRP is based on GARP and is used to maintain VLAN attributes dynamically on devices.
Through GVRP, VLAN attributes of one device can be propagated throughout the entire
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