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GVRP configuration
The Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP) provides a generic framework for devices in a
switched LAN, such as end stations and switches, to register and deregister attribute values. The GARP
VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) is a GARP application that registers and deregisters VLAN attributes.
GVRP uses the operating mechanism of GARP to maintain and propagate dynamic VLAN registration
information for the GVRP devices on the network.
This chapter includes these sections:
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Displaying and maintaining GVRP
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NOTE:
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The term "switch" or "device" in this chapter refers to the switching engine on a WX3000E wireless
switch.
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The WX3000E series comprises WX3024E and WX3010E wireless switches.
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The port numbers in this chapter are for illustration only.
Introduction to GVRP
GARP
GARP provides a mechanism that allows participants in a GARP application to distribute, propagate,
and register with other participants in a LAN the attributes specific to the GARP application, such as
VLAN or multicast address attributes.
How GARP works
Each port that participates in a GARP application (GVRP for example) is a GARP participant.
GARP enables GARP participants to propagate attribute values throughout the switched LAN. As shown
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, a GARP participant registers and deregisters its attribute values with other GARP
participants by sending and withdrawing declarations, and registers and deregisters the attribute values
of other participants according to the declarations and withdrawals it has received.