Forwarding Tagged/Untagged Frames - SMC Networks SMC TigerStack III SMC6824M Management Manual

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should also determine security boundaries in the network and disable
GVRP on ports to prevent advertisements being propagated, or forbid
ports from joining restricted VLANs.
Note: If you have host devices that do not support GVRP, you should
configure static or untagged VLANs for the switch ports
connected to these devices (as described in "Adding Static
Members to VLANs (VLAN Index)" on page 3-188). But you can
still enable GVRP on these edge switches, as well as on the core
switches in the network.

Forwarding Tagged/Untagged Frames

If you want to create a small port-based VLAN for devices attached
directly to a single switch, you can assign ports to the same untagged
VLAN. However, to participate in a VLAN group that crosses several
switches, you should create a VLAN for that group and enable tagging on
all ports.
Ports can be assigned to multiple tagged or untagged VLANs. Each port
on the switch is therefore capable of passing tagged or untagged frames.
When forwarding a frame from this switch along a path that contains any
VLAN-aware devices, the switch should include VLAN tags. When
forwarding a frame from this switch along a path that does not contain any
VLAN-aware devices (including the destination host), the switch must first
strip off the VLAN tag before forwarding the frame. When the switch
receives a tagged frame, it will pass this frame onto the VLAN(s) indicated
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