Vlan Configuration; Vlan Fundamentals - HP 5820X series Configuration Manual

VLAN configuration

Ethernet is a network technology based on the CSMA/CD mechanism. As the medium is shared,
collisions and excessive broadcasts are common on Ethernet networks. To address the issue, VLAN was
introduced to break a LAN down into separate VLANs. VLANs are isolated from each other at Layer 2. A
VLAN is a bridging domain, and all broadcast traffic is contained within it, as shown in
Figure 34 A VLAN diagram
A VLAN is logically divided on an organizational basis rather than on a physical basis. For example, all
workstations and servers used by a particular workgroup can be assigned to the same VLAN, regardless
of their physical locations.
VLAN technology delivers the following benefits:
Confining broadcast traffic within individual VLANs. This reduces bandwidth waste and improves
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network performance.
Improving LAN security. By assigning user groups to different VLANs, you can isolate them at Layer
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2. To enable communication between VLANs, routers or Layer 3 switches are required.
Flexible virtual workgroup creation. As users from the same workgroup can be assigned to the same
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VLAN regardless of their physical locations, network construction and maintenance is much easier
and more flexible.

VLAN fundamentals

To enable a network device to identify frames of different VLANs, a VLAN tag field is inserted into the
data link layer encapsulation.
The format of VLAN-tagged frames is defined in IEEE 802.1Q issued by the IEEE in 1999.
In the header of a traditional Ethernet data frame, the field after the destination MAC address and the
source MAC address is the Type field indicating the upper layer protocol type, as shown in
Figure 35 The format of a traditional Ethernet frame
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Figure 35.