Configuring Uplink And Downlink Ports; Figure 61: Enabling Traffic Segmentation; Table 9: Traffic Segmentation Forwarding - Edge-Core ECS4210-12P Web Management Manual

Configuring Uplink
and Downlink Ports

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.
Command Usage
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 9: 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
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When traffic segmentation is disabled, all ports operate in normal 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.
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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
assigned downlink ports will not be able to communicate with any other
ports.
Session #1 Session #2
Uplinks Downlinks
Forwarding Blocking
Forwarding Blocking
Blocking Blocking
Blocking/ Forwarding
Forwarding *
Forwarding Forwarding
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Session #2 Normal
Uplinks Ports
Blocking Blocking
Blocking/ Forwarding
Forwarding *
Forwarding Blocking
Forwarding Forwarding
Forwarding Forwarding