Adding Or Modifying Dual Mode Ports; Assigning Dcb Ports To A Vlan - Brocade Communications Systems StoreFabric SN6500B User Manual

Adding or modifying dual mode ports

You can configure an interface in a VLAN as a dual mode port by assigning it as a tagged port to
one VLAN and as an untagged port to another VLAN. You can add a dual mode port to any VLAN
except the default VLAN, VLAN 1.
To add or modify a dual mode port, perform the following steps.
1. Follow the steps in
2. Select Configuration Manager > VLAN Manager.
3. Click the Product View tab.
4. Click Add.
5. From the Available Ports list on the Ports tab of the Add VLAN dialog box, select the interface
6. Select a VLAN from the Select VLANs list.
7.
8. Select the same interface from the Available Ports list.
9. Select another VLAN from the Select VLANs list.
10. Click the Tag button to assign the port as a tagged port to the second VLAN. The Selected Ports

Assigning DCB ports to a VLAN

In Data Center Bridging (DCB) switches, the L2 interface mode of the port determines whether a
port can be in an untagged, tagged, or converged mode.
mode compatibility on the DCB interface.
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L2 mode
Access, Converged
Trunk, Converged
Converged
NOTE
To make L2 interface mode changes, you must have the DCB Management privilege.
You can change the L2 interface mode of a port using the Add LAG dialog box. Refer to
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adding tagged and untagged ports to a VLAN.
The VLAN Manager dialog box - VLAN View tab displays.
that will be added as a dual mode port.
Click the Untag button to assign the port as an untagged port to the selected VLAN. The
Selected Ports list shows the interface listed under the VLAN to which it was assigned.
list shows the port as untagged under one VLAN and tagged under another VLAN.
L2 mode and tagged mode compatibility on a DCB interface
on page 447 for instructions.
on page 858 to familiarize yourself with
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Tagged mode
Untagged
Tagged
Dual
Port VLANs
shows the L2 mode and tagged
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