User`s guide
Table Of Contents
- Title
- Notice
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- About This Guide
- Introduction
- Local Management Requirements
- Accessing Local Management
- 3.1 Navigating Local Management Screens
- 3.2 Password Screen
- 3.3 Main Menu Screen
- 3.4 Module Selection Screen
- 3.5 Module Menu Screen
- 3.6 Overview of Security Methods
- 3.7 Security Menu Screen
- 3.8 Passwords Screen
- 3.9 Radius Configuration Screen
- 3.10 Name Services Configuration Screen
- 3.11 System Authentication Configuration Screen
- 3.12 EAP (Port) Configuration Screen
- 3.13 EAP Statistics Menu Screen
- 3.14 MAC Port Configuration Screen
- 3.15 MAC Supplicant Configuration Screen
- Chassis Menu Screens
- 4.1 Chassis Menu Screen
- 4.2 Chassis Configuration Screen
- 4.3 SNMP Configuration Menu Screen
- 4.4 SNMP Community Names Configuration Screen
- 4.5 SNMP Traps Configuration Screen
- 4.6 Chassis Environmental Information Screen
- 4.7 Redirect Configuration Menu Screen (Chassis)
- 4.8 Port Redirect Configuration Screen
- 4.9 VLAN Redirect Configuration Screen
- Module Configuration Menu Screens
- 5.1 Module Configuration Menu Screen
- 5.2 General Configuration Screen
- 5.2.1 Setting the IP Address
- 5.2.2 Setting the Subnet Mask
- 5.2.3 Setting the Default Gateway
- 5.2.4 Setting the TFTP Gateway IP Address
- 5.2.5 Setting the Module Name
- 5.2.6 Setting the Module Date
- 5.2.7 Setting the Module Time
- 5.2.8 Entering a New Screen Refresh Time
- 5.2.9 Setting the Screen Lockout Time
- 5.2.10 Configuring the COM Port
- 5.2.11 Clearing NVRAM
- 5.2.12 Enabling/Disabling IP Fragmentation
- 5.3 SNMP Configuration Menu Screen
- 5.4 SNMP Community Names Configuration Screen
- 5.5 SNMP Traps Configuration Screen
- 5.6 Access Control List Screen
- 5.7 System Resources Information Screen
- 5.8 FLASH Download Configuration Screen
- Port Configuration Menu Screens
- 6.1 Port Configuration Menu Screen
- 6.2 Ethernet Interface Configuration Screen
- 6.3 Ethernet Port Configuration Screen
- 6.4 HSIM/VHSIM Configuration Screen
- 6.5 Redirect Configuration Menu Screen
- 6.6 Port Redirect Configuration Screen
- 6.7 VLAN Redirect Configuration Screen
- 6.8 Link Aggregation Screen (802.3ad Main Menu Screen)
- 6.9 Broadcast Suppression Configuration Screen
- 802.1 Configuration Menu Screens
- 802.1Q VLAN Configuration Menu Screens
- 8.1 Summary of VLAN Local Management
- 8.2 802.1Q VLAN Configuration Menu Screen
- 8.3 Static VLAN Configuration Screen
- 8.4 Static VLAN Egress Configuration Screen
- 8.5 Current VLAN Configuration Screen
- 8.6 Current VLAN Egress Configuration Screen
- 8.7 VLAN Port Configuration Screen
- 8.8 VLAN Classification Configuration Screen
- 8.9 Protocol Port Configuration Screen
- 802.1p Configuration Menu Screens
- 9.1 802.1p Configuration Menu Screen
- 9.2 Port Priority Configuration Screen
- 9.3 Traffic Class Information Screen
- 9.4 Traffic Class Configuration Screen
- 9.5 Transmit Queues Configuration Screen
- 9.6 Priority Classification Configuration Screen
- 9.7 Protocol Port Configuration Screen
- 9.8 Rate Limiting Configuration Screen
- Layer 3 Extensions Menu Screens
- Module Statistics Menu Screens
- Network Tools Screens
- VLAN Operation and Network Applications
- 13.1 Defining VLANs
- 13.2 Types of VLANs
- 13.3 Benefits and Restrictions
- 13.4 VLAN Terms
- 13.5 VLAN Operation
- 13.6 Configuration Process
- 13.7 VLAN Switch Operation
- 13.8 VLAN Configuration
- 13.9 Summary of VLAN Local Management
- 13.10 Quick VLAN Walkthrough
- 13.11 Examples
- 13.12 Example 1, Single Switch Operation
- 13.13 Example 2, VLANs Across Multiple Switches
- 13.14 Example 3, Filtering Traffic According to a Layer 4 Classification Rule
- 13.15 Example 4, Securing Sensitive Information According to Subnet
- 13.16 Example 5, Using Dynamic Egress to Control Traffic
- 13.17 Example 6, Locking a MAC Address to a Port Using Classification Rules
- Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP)
- About IGMP
- Index

VLAN Terms
VLAN Operation and Network Applications 13-5
13.4 VLAN TERMS
To fully understand the operation and configuration of port based VLANs, it is essential to
understand the definitions of several key terms.
Table 13-1 VLAN Terms and Definitions
VLAN Term Definition
VLAN ID A unique number (between 1 and 4094) that identifies a
particular VLAN. Up to 1000 VLANs can be created on one
SmartSwitch.
VLAN Name A 32-character alphanumeric name associated with a VLAN ID.
The VLAN Name is intended to make user-defined VLANs
easier to identify and remember.
Egress Output direction of data from a network device.
Ingress Incoming direction of data to a network device.
Filtering Database
Identifier (FDB ID)
Addressing information that the device learns about a VLAN is
stored in the filtering database assigned to that VLAN. Several
VLANs can be assigned to the same FDB ID to allow those
VLANs to share addressing information. This enables the devices
in the different VLANs to communicate with each other when the
individual ports have been configured to allow communication to
occur.
The configuration is accomplished using the Local Management
VLAN Forwarding Configuration screen. By default a VLAN is
assigned to the FDB ID that matches its VLAN ID.
Tag Header (VLAN Tag) Four bytes of data inserted in a frame that identifies the
VLAN/frame classification. The Tag Header is inserted into the
frame directly after the Source MAC address field. Twelve bits of
the Tag Header represent the VLAN ID. The remaining bits are
other control information.
Tagged Frame A data frame that contains a Tag Header. A VLAN-aware device
can add the Tag Header to any frame it transmits.
Untagged Frame A data frame that does not have a Tag Header.