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C

HAPTER

14: V

IRTUAL

LAN

S

(VLAN

S

)

Origin

For all Layer 2 systems or switching modules, the VLAN origin is
always

static

, which indicates that the user created the VLAN.

For the CoreBuilder

®

3500 or CoreBuilder 9000, the origin

indicates one of the following:

static

— The VLAN was created statically (user-configured

by using the

bridge vlan define

command).

router

— The VLAN was created automatically by a outer port

IP interface (of router origin). You create a router port IP
interface using the

ip interface define

command with

the interface type

port

. You cannot modify or remove a router

port VLAN.

GVRP

— The VLAN was created dynamically from a GVRP

update (

GVRP

). You must enable the GVRP state for the entire

system as a bridge-wide parameter and for the participating
bridge ports as a bridge-port parameter.

Ports

Index numbers of the bridge ports that belong to the VLAN, or the
bridge port that belongs to the router port IP interface.

On the CoreBuilder 9000, the list of ports includes the front-panel
ports and the appropriate backplane ports. Example: On a 12-port
Layer 3 module, the list of ports includes ports 1 – 12 and port 13,
which is the module’s backplane port.

Type (VLAN
mode)

Either

allOpen

or

allClosed

. VLANs in allOpen mode share a

single address table for all configured VLANs; in allClosed mode,
each VLAN has its own unique address table. Standard bridging
rules apply based on the table addresses that are assigned to the
specific VLAN. A router port IP interface requires that you put the
system in allClosed mode.

VID

Unique, user-defined integer (VLAN ID) that identifies this VLAN. It
is used by management operations. You can assign or modify a VID
that is associated with a static VLAN; you cannot modify the VID
selected automatically after you define a router port IP interface,
nor can you change the VID of the default VLAN. The default VLAN
requires a VID of 1.

VLAN Aware
Mode

(3500 and
9000 Layer 3)

Whether the VLAN aware mode (tagging mode) is

allPorts

or

taggedVlanPorts

. The default for CoreBuilder 3500 Release

2.0 or later is

allPorts

;

allPorts

is also the default as of

CoreBuilder 9000 software Release 3.0. The value

taggedVlanPorts

is a compatibility mode for VLANs configured

prior to CoreBuilder 3500 Release 2.0 and for VLANs configured on
CoreBuilder 9000 Layer 3 modules prior to CoreBuilder 9000
Release 3.0.

Field

Description