Vh-2402S Vlan Configuration; Assigning Ports To Vlans - Enterasys VH-2402S Management Manual

VH-2402S VLAN Configuration

VLAN operation on the VH-2402S is enabled by default. Therefore, all
frames are transferred internally through the switch with a VLAN tag. This
tag may already be on the frame entering the switch, or added to the
frame by the switch. VLAN information already existing on frames
entering the switch is automatically handled by the switch. The VH-2402S
learns VLAN information from tagged frames and appropriately switches
frames out the proper ports based on this information. The configuration
of VLANs for frames entering the switch without tags must be made by the
user of the switch. This configuration can be made either through the
console interface or via SNMP.

Assigning Ports to VLANs

Before enabling VLANs for the switch, you must first assign each port to
the VLAN groups it will participate in. By default all ports are assigned to
VLAN 1 as untagged ports. You should add a port as a tagged port (that
is, a port attached to a VLAN-aware device) if you want it to carry traffic
for one or more VLANs and the device at the other end of the link also
supports VLANs. Then assign the port at the other end of the link to the
same VLANs. However, if you want a port on this switch to participate in
one or more VLANs, but the device at the other end of the link does not
support VLANs, then you must add this port as an untagged port (that is,
a port attached to a VLAN-unaware device).
Port-based VLANs are tied to specific ports. The switch's forwarding
decision is based on the destination MAC address and its associated port.
Therefore, to make valid forwarding and flooding decisions, the switch
learns the relationship of the MAC address to its related port—and thus to
the VLAN—at run-time.
VLAN Classification
When the switch receives a frame, it classifies the frame in one of two
ways:
•
If the frame is untagged, the switch assigns the frame to an
associated VLAN based on the PVID of the receiving port.
•
If the frame is tagged, the switch uses the tagged VLAN ID to identify
the port broadcast domain of the frame.
Port Overlapping
Port overlapping can be used to allow access to commonly shared
network resources among different VLAN groups, such as file servers or
printers. Note that if you implement VLANs which do not overlap, but still
need to communicate, you must connect them using a router or Layer 3
switch.