Owner manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Section I
- Basic Operations
- Chapter 1
- Overview
- Chapter 2
- Enhanced Stacking
- Chapter 3
- SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c
- Chapter 4
- MAC Address Table
- Chapter 5
- Static Port Trunks
- Chapter 6
- LACP Port Trunks
- Chapter 7
- Port Mirror
- Section II
- Advanced Operations
- Chapter 8
- File System
- Chapter 9
- Event Logs and the Syslog Client
- Chapter 10
- Classifiers
- Chapter 11
- Access Control Lists
- Chapter 12
- Class of Service
- Chapter 13
- Quality of Service
- Chapter 14
- Denial of Service Defenses
- Chapter 15
- Power Over Ethernet
- Section III
- Snooping Protocols
- Chapter 16
- IGMP Snooping
- Chapter 17
- MLD Snooping
- Chapter 18
- RRP Snooping
- Chapter 19
- Ethernet Protection Switching Ring Snooping
- Section IV
- SNMPv3
- Chapter 20
- SNMPv3
- Section V
- Spanning Tree Protocols
- Chapter 21
- Spanning Tree and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocols
- Chapter 22
- Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol
- Section VI
- Virtual LANs
- Chapter 23
- Port-based and Tagged VLANs
- Chapter 24
- GARP VLAN Registration Protocol
- Chapter 25
- Multiple VLAN Modes
- Chapter 26
- Protected Ports VLANs
- Chapter 27
- MAC Address-based VLANs
- Section VII
- Routing
- Chapter 28
- Internet Protocol Version 4 Packet Routing
- Supported Platforms
- Overview
- Routing Interfaces
- Interface Names
- Static Routes
- Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
- Default Routes
- Equal-cost Multi-path (ECMP) Routing
- Routing Table
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) Table
- Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP)
- Routing Interfaces and Management Features
- Local Interface
- AT-9408LC/SP AT-9424T/GB, and AT-9424T/SP Switches
- Routing Command Example
- Non-routing Command Example
- Upgrading from AT-S63 Version 1.3.0 or Earlier
- Chapter 29
- BOOTP Relay Agent
- Chapter 30
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
- Section VIII
- Port Security
- Chapter 31
- MAC Address-based Port Security
- Chapter 32
- 802.1x Port-based Network Access Control
- Section IX
- Management Security
- Chapter 33
- Web Server
- Chapter 34
- Encryption Keys
- Chapter 35
- PKI Certificates and SSL
- Chapter 36
- Secure Shell (SSH)
- Chapter 37
- TACACS+ and RADIUS Protocols
- Chapter 38
- Management Access Control List
- Appendix A
- AT-S63 Management Software Default Settings
- Address Resolution Protocol Cache
- Boot Configuration File
- BOOTP Relay Agent
- Class of Service
- Denial of Service Defenses
- 802.1x Port-Based Network Access Control
- Enhanced Stacking
- Ethernet Protection Switching Ring (EPSR) Snooping
- Event Logs
- GVRP
- IGMP Snooping
- Internet Protocol Version 4 Packet Routing
- MAC Address-based Port Security
- MAC Address Table
- Management Access Control List
- Manager and Operator Account
- Multicast Listener Discovery Snooping
- Public Key Infrastructure
- Port Settings
- RJ-45 Serial Terminal Port
- Router Redundancy Protocol Snooping
- Server-based Authentication (RADIUS and TACACS+)
- Simple Network Management Protocol
- Simple Network Time Protocol
- Spanning Tree Protocols (STP, RSTP, and MSTP)
- Secure Shell Server
- Secure Sockets Layer
- System Name, Administrator, and Comments Settings
- Telnet Server
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
- VLANs
- Web Server
- Appendix B
- SNMPv3 Configuration Examples
- Appendix C
- Features and Standards
- 10/100/1000Base-T Twisted Pair Ports
- Denial of Service Defenses
- Ethernet Protection Switching Ring Snooping
- Fiber Optic Ports (AT-9408LC/SP Switch)
- File System
- DHCP and BOOTP Clients
- Internet Protocol Multicasting
- Internet Protocol Version 4 Routing
- MAC Address Table
- Management Access and Security
- Management Access Methods
- Management Interfaces
- Management MIBs
- Port Security
- Port Trunking and Mirroring
- Spanning Tree Protocols
- System Monitoring
- Traffic Control
- Virtual LANs
- Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol
- Appendix D
- MIB Objects
- Index
AT-S63 Management Software Features Guide
Section VI: Virtual LANs 269
Overview
The GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) allows network devices to
share VLAN information. The main purpose of GVRP is to allow switches
to automatically discover some of the VLAN information that would
otherwise need to be manually configured in each switch. This is helpful in
networks where VLANs span more than one switch. Without GVRP, you
must manually configure your switches to ensure that the various parts of
a VLAN can communicate across the different switches. GVRP, which is
an application of the Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP), does
this for you automatically.
The AT-S63 Management Software uses GVRP protocol data units
(PDUs) to share VLAN information among GVRP-active devices. The
PDUs contain the VID numbers of the VLANs on the switch. A PDU
contains the VIDs of all the VLANs on the switch, not just the VID of which
the transmitting port is a member.
When a switch receives a GVRP PDU on a port, it examines the PDU to
determine the VIDs of the VLANs on the device that sent it. It then does
the following:
If a VLAN does not exist on the switch, it creates the VLAN and adds
the port as a tagged member to the VLAN. A VLAN created by GVRP
is called a dynamic GVRP VLAN.
If the VLAN already exists on the switch but the port is not a member of
it, the switch adds the port as a tagged member. A port that has been
added by GVRP to a static VLAN (that is a user-created VLAN) is
called a dynamic GVRP port.
You cannot modify a dynamic GVRP VLAN. After it is created, only GVRP
can modify or delete it. A dynamic GVRP VLAN exists only so long as
there are active nodes in the network that belong to the VLAN. If all nodes
of a dynamic GVRP VLAN are shut down and there are no active links, the
VLAN is deleted from the switch.
A dynamic GVRP port in a static VLAN remains a member of the VLAN as
long as there are active VLAN members. If all members of the VLAN
become inactive or there are no active links, GVRP removes the dynamic
port from the VLAN, but does not delete the VLAN if the VLAN is a static
VLAN.