User's Manual Part 2

Management Traffic and Ethernet Service Separation Chapter 14
RADWIN 2000 User Manual Release 2.5.40 14-6
Management Traffic and Ethernet Service Separation
You can define a VLAN ID for management traffic separation. You should configure the sys-
tem to prevent conflicts as detailed below.
When configured for the default operational mode, a “Provider port” will handle ingress traffic
as follows:
• Filters frames that are not tagged with the Provider VLAN ID
• Removes the Provider double tag
Therefore, if a port is configured for management traffic separation by VLAN and as ‘Provider
port’, then the received management frames must be double tagged as follows:
• The outer tag has to be the Provider’s tag (so the frame is not filtered)
• The internal tag has to be management VLAN ID
To avoid mix-ups, best practice is to:
• Separate the management and data ports
• Define only a data port with Provider function
All IDU-C and new style IDU-E models have two LAN ports so you can easily separate man-
agement and Ethernet service.
VLAN Tagging for Ethernet Service: Configuration
VLAN Configuration is carried out per site. It is up to you to ensure consistency between the
link sites. The discussion below is based on Site A however, it also applies to Site B.
To set up VLAN tagging for Ethernet service, enter Site Configuration for Site A, choose the
Ethernet tab and click the VLAN Configuration... button (Figure 8-15). The following win-
dow is displayed: