HP-UX VLAN Administrator's Guide, February 2007

Unsupported Functionality
HP-UX VLANs do not support the following functionality:
• The GARP VLAN registration protocol (GVRP) is currently not supported. HP-UX VLANs
cannot send GVRP messages or interpret them.
• HP-UX VLANs do not operate on the following:
— HP-UX 10.20, 11.0, and 11.20.
— FDDI, Token Ring, ATM, 100VG, EISA, HyperFabric, and HP-PB LAN cards.
Hardware and Software Requirements
The hardware and software requirements for HP-UX VLANs are as follows:
Operating System HP-UX 11i Version 3
Patches At the time of publication, no patches are required to use HP-UX VLAN
software on systems running HP-UX 11i Version 3.
Platform HP 9000 Servers or HP Integrity Servers
Network Cards In HP-UX 11i Version 3, only PCI-based Ethernet cards are supported.
Switches HP-UX VLANs are supported with switches that implement IEEE
802.1Q-compliant VLAN tagging. The switches must implement at
least port-based VLANs and must be VLAN tag aware.
NOTE: There are no separate installation requirements for using HP-UX VLANs. since this
functionality is automatically included with HP-UX.
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