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Operation Manual – VLAN
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attributes with other participants by making or withdrawing declarations of attributes
and at the same time, based on received declarations or withdrawals, handles
attributes of other participants. When a port receives an attribute declaration, it
registers the attribute; when a port receives an attribute withdrawal, it deregisters the
attribute.
GARP participants send protocol data units (PDU) with a particular multicast MAC
address as destination. Based on this address, a device can identify to which GVRP
application, GVRP for example, should a GARP PDU be delivered.
III. GARP message format
The following figure illustrates the GARP message format.
Figure 3-1 GARP message format
Table 3-1
Table 3-1 Description on the GARP message fields
Protocol ID
Message
Attribute Type
Attribute List
describes the GARP message fields.
Field
Protocol identifier for
GARP
One or multiple
messages, each
containing an attribute
type and an attribute list
Defined by the concerned
GARP application
Contains one or multiple
attributes
Description
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Value
1
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0x01 for GVRP, indicating
the VLAN ID attribute
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