Defining Vlan Ports Settings; Vlan Port Settings - Dell PowerConnect 5324 User Manual

Defining VLAN Ports Settings

The VLAN Port Settings page contains fields for managing ports that are part of a VLAN. The port
default VLAN ID (PVID) is configured on the VLAN Port Settings page. All untagged packets
arriving to the device are tagged by the ports PVID.
To open the VLAN Port Settings page, click Switch VLAN Port Settings in the tree view.
Figure 7-103. VLAN Port Settings
Port — The port number included in the VLAN.
Port VLAN Mode — The port mode. Possible values are:
General — The port belongs to VLANs, and each VLAN is user-defined as tagged or untagged
(full 802.1Q mode).
Access — The port belongs to a single untagged VLAN. When a port is in Access mode, the
packet types which are accepted on the port cannot be designated. Ingress filtering cannot be
enabled/disabled on an access port.
Trunk — The port belongs to VLANs in which all ports are tagged (except for one port that
can be untagged).
PVID — Assigns a VLAN ID to untagged packets. The possible values are 1-4094. VLAN 4095 is
defined as per standard and industry practice as the discard VLAN. Packets classified to the Discard
VLAN are dropped.
Frame Type — Packet type accepted on the port. Possible values are:
Admit Tag Only — Only tagged packets are accepted on the port.
Admit All — Both tagged and untagged packets are accepted on the port.
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