Managing Voip Traffic; Figure 66: Assigning Ports To Protocol Vlans - SMC Networks SMCGS10C-SMART Management Manual

| Configuring the Switch
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Managing VoIP Traffic

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VLAN ID – VLAN to which matching protocol traffic is forwarded.
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Port Members – Ports assigned to this protocol VLAN.
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To map a protocol group to a VLAN for a port or trunk:
Click Configuration, VCL, Protocol-based VLANs, Group to VLAN.
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Enter the identifier for a protocol group.
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Enter the corresponding VLAN to which the protocol traffic will be
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forwarded.
Select the ports which will be assigned to this protocol VLAN.
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Click Save.
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Figure 66: Assigning Ports to Protocol VLANs

When IP telephony is deployed in an enterprise network, it is
recommended to isolate the Voice over IP (VoIP) network traffic from other
data traffic. Traffic isolation can provide higher voice quality by preventing
excessive packet delays, packet loss, and jitter. This is best achieved by
assigning all VoIP traffic to a single Voice VLAN.
The use of a Voice VLAN has several advantages. It provides security by
isolating the VoIP traffic from other data traffic. End-to-end QoS policies
and high priority can be applied to VoIP VLAN traffic across the network,
guaranteeing the bandwidth it needs. VLAN isolation also protects against
disruptive broadcast and multicast traffic that can seriously affect voice
quality.
The switch allows you to specify a Voice VLAN for the network and set a
service priority for the VoIP traffic. VoIP traffic can be detected on switch
ports by using the source MAC address of packets, or by using LLDP (IEEE
802.1ab) to discover connected VoIP devices. When VoIP traffic is detected
on a configured port, the switch automatically assigns the port as a tagged
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