Configuring Uplink And Downlink Ports; Table 11: Traffic Segmentation Forwarding - Edge-Core ECS4110-28T Management Manual

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Figure 61: Enabling Traffic Segmentation
Use the Interface > Traffic Segmentation (Configure Session) page to
assign the downlink and uplink ports to use in the segmented group. Ports
designated as downlink ports can not communicate with any other ports on
the switch except for the uplink ports. Uplink ports can communicate with
any other ports on the switch and with any designated downlink ports.
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"Port-based Traffic Segmentation" on page 963
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When traffic segmentation is enabled, the forwarding state for the
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uplink and downlink ports assigned to different client sessions is shown
below.

Table 11: Traffic Segmentation Forwarding

Destination Session #1
Source Downlinks
Session #1 Blocking
Downlink Ports
Session #1 Forwarding
Uplink Ports
Session #2 Blocking
Downlink Ports
Session #2 Blocking
Uplink Ports
Normal Ports Forwarding
* The forwarding state for uplink-to-uplink ports is configured on the Configure
Global page (see page
When traffic segmentation is disabled, all ports operate in normal
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forwarding mode based on the settings specified by other functions
such as VLANs and spanning tree protocol.
◆ A port cannot be configured in both an uplink and downlink list.
A port can only be assigned to one traffic-segmentation session.
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A downlink port can only communicate with an uplink port in the same
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session. Therefore, if an uplink port is not configured for a session, the
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Session #1 Session #2
Uplinks Downlinks
Forwarding Blocking
Forwarding Blocking
Blocking Blocking
Blocking/ Forwarding
Forwarding *
Forwarding Forwarding
193).
Session #2 Normal
Uplinks Ports
Blocking Blocking
Blocking/ Forwarding
Forwarding *
Forwarding Blocking
Forwarding Forwarding
Forwarding Forwarding