User`s guide

Port Based VLAN User’s Guide iii
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 About this Guide.......................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Document Conventions ............................................................... 1-2
1.3 Related Documents..................................................................... 1-2
1.4 Getting Help................................................................................. 1-3
CHAPTER 2 VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORKS
2.1 Defining VLANs ........................................................................... 2-1
2.2 Types of VLANs........................................................................... 2-3
2.2.1 Port Based VLANs.......................................................... 2-3
2.2.2 SecureFast VLANs ......................................................... 2-3
2.2.3 Other VLAN Strategies ................................................... 2-3
2.3 Benefits and Restrictions.............................................................2-4
2.4 VLAN Terms................................................................................ 2-4
CHAPTER 3 VLAN OPERATION
3.1 Description................................................................................... 3-1
3.2 VLAN Components......................................................................3-1
3.3 Configuration Process ................................................................. 3-2
3.3.1 Defining a VLAN ............................................................. 3-2
3.3.2 Assigning Ports to a VLAN ............................................. 3-2
3.3.3 Customizing the VLAN’s Forwarding List ....................... 3-2
3.3.4 Customizing the Port’s Egress List ................................. 3-3
3.3.5 Setting the Operational Mode ......................................... 3-3
3.4 VLAN Switch Operation...............................................................3-3
3.4.1 Receiving Frames from VLAN Ports............................... 3-4
3.4.2 Forwarding Decisions ..................................................... 3-5