Vlans; Virtual Workgroups - Cabletron Systems SmartSTACK ETHERNET ELS10-27 User Manual

¥ TrafÞc received on a trunk port shall not be forwarded to any other
port in the trunk group.
The operator is able to display the trunking state on each port or
enable/disable trunking functionality on a port or a range of ports.
10BASE-T Cables
ETHERNET SWITCH
PORT STATUS MODE
STATUS
ELS10-27TX
PWR
COM
RESET CPU
ETHERNET SWITCH
PORT STATUS MODE
STATUS
ELS10-27TX
PWR
COM
RESET CPU
10BASE-T Cables
Figure 1-4. SmartSTACK Ethernet ELS10-27 Backbone Configuration

1.5.6 VLANs

There are two types of VLANs that are supported by the SmartSTACK
Ethernet ELS10-27 architecture, Virtual Workgroups and 802.1Q VLANs.
Virtual Workgroups are only supported in the 802.1D mode.

Virtual Workgroups

The SmartSTACK Ethernet ELS10-27 allows you to deÞne ports for logical
groups of associated devices (virtual workgroups) to provide a more
efÞcient ßow of trafÞc across your Ethernet network. You can deÞne a
maximum of eight virtual workgroups the number of ports within that
Servers
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX
TX ACT FDX MON
RX COL 100 USR
2X 4X 6X 8X 10X 12X 14X 16X 18X 20X 22X 24X
25X
Trunk Lines
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX
TX ACT FDX MON
RX COL 100 USR
2X 4X 6X 8X 10X 12X 14X 16X 18X 20X 22X 24X 25X
Network
Management
Station
ELS10-27
EPIM100
26
27
26X 27X
ELS10-27
EPIM100
26
26X 27X 27
Introduction
Network Switch
WAN Router
Workgroup
Hub
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