Introduction - HP 3500 Series Advanced Traffic Management Manual

GVRP

Introduction

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Introduction
Feature
view GVRP configuration
list static and dynamic VLANs
on a GVRP-enabled switch
enable or disable GVRP
enable or disable GVRP on
individual ports
control how individual ports
handle advertisements for new
VLANs
convert a dynamic VLAN to a
static VLAN
configure static VLANs
GVRP—GARP VLAN Registration Protocol—is an application of the Generic
Attribute Registration Protocol—GARP. GVRP is defined in the IEEE 802.1Q
standard, and GARP is defined in the IEEE 802.1D-1998 standard.
To understand and use GVRP you must have a working knowledge of 802.1Q
VLAN tagging. (Refer to chapter 1, "Static Virtual LANs (VLANs)" .)
GVRP uses "GVRP Bridge Protocol Data Units" ("GVRP BPDUs") to "adver-
tise" static VLANs. In this manual, a GVRP BPDU is termed an advertisement.
Advertisements are sent outbound from ports on a switch to the devices
directly connected to those ports.
GVRP enables the switch to dynamically create 802.1Q-compliant VLANs on
links with other devices running GVRP. This enables the switch to automati-
cally create VLAN links between GVRP-aware devices. (A GVRP link can
include intermediate devices that are not GVRP-aware.) This operation
reduces the chances for errors in VLAN configuration by automatically pro-
viding VLAN ID (VID) consistency across the network. That is, you can use
GVRP to propagate VLANs to other GVRP-aware devices instead of manually
having to set up VLANs across your network. After the switch creates a
Default Menu
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