D-Link DGS-3208F Product Manual - Page 29
VLANs Over 802.1Q-compliant Switches, Port-Based VLANs
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Gigabit Ethernet Switch User's Guide forwarding decisions (this allows VLANs to span multiple switches). If an egress connection is to a noncompliant switch or end-station, tags should be stripped so the (now normal Ethernet) packet can be read by the receiving device. VLANs Over 802.1Q-compliant Switches When switches maintaining the same VLANs are 802.1Q-compliant, it is possible to use tagging. Tagging puts 802.1Q VLAN information into each packet header, enabling other 802.1Q-compliant switches that receive the packet to know how to treat it. Upon receiving a tagged packet, an 802.1Q-compliant switch can use the information in the packet header to maintain the integrity of VLANs, carry out priority forwarding, etc. Data transmissions between 802.1Q-compliant switches take place as shown below. 1 Tx Rx 2 Tx Rx 3 Tx Rx 4 Tx Rx 5 Tx Rx 6 Tx Rx 7 Tx Rx 8 Tx Rx Figure 5-5. Data transmissions between 802.1Q-compliant Switches In the above example, step 4 is the key element. Because the packet has 802.1Q VLAN data encoded in its header, the ingress port can make VLAN-based decisions about its delivery: whether server #2 is attached to a port that is a member of VLAN 2 and, thus, should the packet be delivered; the queuing priority to give to the packet, etc. It can also perform these functions for VLAN 1 packets as well, and, in fact, for any tagged packet it receives regardless of the VLAN number. If the ingress port in step 4 were connected to a non-802.1Q-compliant device and was thus receiving untagged packets, it would tag its own PVID onto the packet and use this information to make forwarding decisions. As a result, the packets coming from the non-compliant device would automatically be placed on the ingress ports VLAN and could only communicate with other ports that are members of this VLAN. Port-Based VLANs Port-based VLANs are a simplified version of the 802.1Q VLANs described in the previous section. In portbased VLANs, all the 802.1Q settings are pre-configured allowing you to quickly and easily setup and maintain port-based VLANs on your network. 22