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6.6.2. VLAN
802.1Q VLAN
A virtual LAN, commonly known as a VLAN, is a group of hosts with a common set of
requirements that communicate as if they were attached to the Broadcast domain, regardless of
their physical location. A VLAN has the same attributes as a physical LAN, but it allows for
end stations to be grouped together even if they are not located on the same network switch. In
Lite Managed switches, user can configure maximum of 5 VLAN’s on each interface in the
format 1,3,7,10,25. Network reconfiguration can be done through software instead of
physically relocating devices.
VID - VLAN ID is the identification of the VLAN, which is basically used by the standard
802.1Q. It has 12 bits and allow the identification of 4096 (2^12) VLANs. Of the 4096 possible
VIDs, a VID of 0 is used to identify priority frames and value 4095 (FFF) is reserved, so the
maximum possible VLAN configurations are 4,094.
A tagged VLAN uses an explicit tag (VLAN ID) in the MAC header to identify the VLAN
membership of a frame across bridges - they are not confined to the switch on which they were
created. The VLANs can be created statically by hand or dynamically through GVRP. The
VLAN ID associates a frame with a specific VLAN and provides the information that switches
need to process the frame across the network. A tagged frame is four bytes longer than an
untagged frame and contains two bytes of TPID (Tag Protocol Identifier, residing within the
type/length field of the Ethernet frame) and two bytes of TCI (Tag Control Information, starts
after the source address field of the Ethernet frame).
The CFI (Canonical Format Indicator) is a single-bit flag, always set to zero for Ethernet
switches. If a frame received at an Ethernet port has a CFI set to 1, then that frame should not
be forwarded as it is to an untagged port. The remaining twelve bits define the VLAN ID,
giving a possible maximum number of 4,096 VLANs. Note that user priority and VLAN ID are
independent of each other. A frame with VID (VLAN Identifier) of null (0) is called a priority
frame, meaning that only the priority level is significant and the default VID of the ingress port
is given as the VID of the frame. Of the 4096 possible VIDs, a VID of 0 is used to identify
priority frames and value 4095 (FFF) is reserved, so the maximum possible VLAN
configurations are 4,094.
TPID User Priority CFI VLAN ID
2 bytes 3 bits 1 bit 12 bits
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Forwarding Tagged and Untagged Frames
Each port on the Switch is capable of passing tagged or untagged frames. To forward a frame
from an 802.1Q VLAN-aware switch to an 802.1Q VLAN-unaware switch, the Switch first
decides where to forward the frame and then strips off the VLAN tag. To forward a frame from
an 802.1Q VLAN-unaware switch to an 802.1QVLAN-aware switch, the Switch first decides
where to forward the frame, and then inserts a VLAN tag reflecting the ingress port's default
VID. The default PVID is VLAN 1 for all ports, but this can be changed.
A broadcast frame (or a multicast frame for a multicast group that is known by the system) is
duplicated only on ports that are members of the VID (except the ingress port itself), thus
confining the broadcast to a specific domain.