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Introduction

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

convert a dynamic VLAN to a

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 2, "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.

While GVRP is enabled on the switch, you cannot apply any ACLs to VLANs

configured on the same switch.

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

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