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Users Manual of CS-6306R
Chapter 17. GVRP Configuration
Configuring GVRP 17.1
Introduction 17.2
GVRP (GARP VLAN Registration Protocol GARP VLAN) is a GARP (GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
GARP VLAN) application that provides IEEE 802.1Q-compliant VLAN pruning and dynamic VLAN creation on
802.1Q trunk ports.
With GVRP, the switch can exchange the VLAN configuration information with the other GVRP switches,
prune the unnecessary broadcast and unknown unicast traffic, and dynamically create and manage the
VLANs on the switches that are connected through the 802.1Q trunk ports.
Configuring Task List 17.3
17.3.1 GVRP Configuration Task List
Enabling/Disabling GVRP Globally
Enabling/Disabling GVRP on the Interface
Monitoring and Maintenance of GVRP
GVRP Configuration Task 17.4
17.4.1 Enabling/Disabling GVRP Globally
Perform the following configuration in global configuration mode.
Command Description
[no] gvrp Enables/disables GVRP globally.
It is disabled by default.
17.4.2 Enabling/Disabling GVRP on the Interface
Perform the following configuration in interface configuration mode:
Command Description
[no] gvrp Enables/disables interface GVRP.
In order for the port to become an active GVRP participant, you must enable GVRP globally first and the port
must be an 802.1Q trunk port,
It is enabled by default.