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Chapter 23 VLAN Stacking 23.3 VLAN Tag Format A VLAN tag (service provider VLAN stacking or customer IEEE 802.1Q) consists of the following three fields. Table 54 VLAN Tag Format Type Priority VID Type is a standard Ethernet type code identifying the frame and indicates that whether the frame carries IEEE 802.1Q tag information. SP TPID (Service Provider Tag Protocol Identifier) is the service provider VLAN stacking tag type. Many vendors use 0x8100 or 0x9100. TPID (Tag Protocol Identifier) is the customer IEEE 802.1Q tag. • If the VLAN stacking port role is Access Port, then the Switch adds the SP TPID tag to all incoming frames on the service provider's edge devices (1 and 2 in the VLAN stacking example figure). • If the VLAN stacking port role is Tunnel Port, then the Switch only adds the SP TPID tag to all incoming frames on the service provider's edge devices (1 and 2 in the VLAN stacking example figure) that have an SP TPID different to the one configured on the Switch. (If an incoming frame's SP TPID is the same as the one configured on the Switch, then the Switch will not add the tag.) Priority refers to the IEEE 802.1p standard that allows the service provider to prioritize traffic based on the class of service (CoS) the customer has paid for. • On the Switch, configure priority level of the inner IEEE 802.1Q tag in the Port Setup screen. • "0" is the lowest priority level and "7" is the highest. VID is the VLAN ID. SP VID is the VID for the second (service provider's) VLAN tag. 23.3.1 Frame Format The frame format for an untagged Ethernet frame, a single-tagged 802.1Q frame (customer) and a "double-tagged" 802.1Q frame (service provider) is shown next. Configure the fields as highlighted in the Switch VLAN Stacking screen. Table 55 Single and Double Tagged 802.11Q Frame Format DA SA Len/ Etype DA SA TPI Priorit VID Len/ D y Etype DA SA SPTPI Priorit VI TPI Priorit VID Len/ D y DD y Etype Data Data Data FCS FCS FCS Untagged Ethernet frame IEEE 802.1Q customer tagged frame Double-tagged frame Table 56 802.1Q Frame DA Destination Address Priority SA Source Address Len/Etype (SP)TPID (Service Provider) Tag Protocol IDentifier Data VID VLAN ID FCS 802.1p Priority Length and type of Ethernet frame Frame data Frame Check Sequence MES3500-24/24F User's Guide 181

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Chapter 23 VLAN Stacking
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23.3
VLAN Tag Format
A VLAN tag (service provider VLAN stacking or customer IEEE 802.1Q) consists of the following
three fields.
Type
is a standard Ethernet type code identifying the frame and indicates that whether the frame
carries IEEE 802.1Q tag information.
SP TPID
(Service Provider Tag Protocol Identifier) is the
service provider VLAN stacking tag type.
Many vendors use 0x8100 or 0x9100.
TPID
(Tag Protocol Identifier) is the customer IEEE 802.1Q tag.
If the VLAN stacking port role is
Access Port
, then the Switch adds the
SP TPID
tag to all
incoming frames on the service provider's edge devices (1 and 2 in the VLAN stacking example
figure).
If the VLAN stacking port role is
Tunnel Port
, then the Switch only adds the
SP TPID
tag to all
incoming frames on the service provider's edge devices (1 and 2 in the VLAN stacking example
figure) that have an
SP TPID
different to the one configured on the Switch. (If an incoming
frame’s
SP TPID
is the same as the one configured on the Switch, then the Switch will not add
the tag.)
Priority
refers to the IEEE 802.1p standard that allows the service provider to prioritize traffic
based on the class of service (CoS) the customer has paid for.
On the Switch, configure priority level of the inner IEEE 802.1Q tag in the
Port Setup
screen.
"0" is the lowest priority level and "7" is the highest.
VID
is the VLAN ID.
SP VID
is the VID for the second (service provider’s) VLAN tag.
23.3.1
Frame Format
The frame format for an untagged Ethernet frame, a single-tagged 802.1Q frame (customer) and a
“double-tagged” 802.1Q frame (service provider) is shown next.
Configure the fields as highlighted in the Switch
VLAN Stacking
screen.
Table 54
VLAN Tag Format
Type
Priority
VID
Table 55
Single and Double Tagged 802.11Q Frame Format
DA
SA
Len/
Etype
Data
FCS
Untagged
Ethernet
frame
DA
SA
TPI
D
Priorit
y
VID
Len/
Etype
Data
FCS
IEEE 802.1Q
customer
tagged frame
DA
SA
SPTPI
D
Priorit
y
VI
D
TPI
D
Priorit
y
VID
Len/
Etype
Data
FCS
Double-tagged
frame
Table 56
802.1Q Frame
DA
Destination Address
Priority
802.1p Priority
SA
Source Address
Len/Etype
Length and type of Ethernet frame
(SP)TPID
(Service Provider) Tag Protocol IDentifier
Data
Frame data
VID
VLAN ID
FCS
Frame Check Sequence