Vlan Trunk Settings - D-Link DES-3528 - xStack Switch - Stackable Reference Manual

xStack® DES-3528/DES-3552 Series Layer 2 Stackable Fast Ethernet Managed Switch Web UI Reference Guide

VLAN Trunk Settings

Enable VLAN on a port to allow frames belonging to unknown VLAN groups to pass through that port. This is useful if
you want to set up VLAN groups on end devices without having to configure the same VLAN groups on intermediary
devices.
Suppose you want to create VLAN groups 1 and 2 (V1 and V2) on devices A and B. Without a VLAN Trunk, you must
first configure VLAN groups 1 and 2 on all intermediary switches C, D and E; otherwise they will drop frames with
unknown VLAN group tags. However, with VLAN Trunk enabled on a port(s) in each intermediary switch, you only
need to create VLAN groups in the end devices (A and B). C, D and E automatically allow frames with VLAN group
tags 1 and 2 (VLAN groups that are unknown to those switches) to pass through their VLAN trunking port(s).
Refer to the following figure for an illustrated example.
Users can combine a number of VLAN ports together to create VLAN trunks.
To view the following window, click L2 Features > VLAN > VLAN Trunk Settings, as shown below:
The fields that can be configured are described below:
Parameter
VLAN Trunk State
Unit
Ports
Click the Apply button to accept the changes made for each individual section.
Click the Select All button to tick all ports.
Click the Clear All button to deselect all ports.
Figure 4-22 Example of VLAN Trunk
Figure 4-23 VLAN Trunk Settings window
Description
Enable or disable the VLAN trunking global state.
Select the unit to configure.
The ports to be configured. By clicking the Select All button, all the ports will be included.
By clicking the Clear All button, all the ports will not be included.
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