Reference Guide

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GARP VLAN Registration (GVRP)

Overview

The basic GVRP commands are supported by FTOS on all Dell Force10 platforms, as

indicated by the characters that appear under each of the command headings:

E-Series,

c C-Series, s S-Series, , or .

Commands

The GVRP commands are:

• clear gvrp statistics

• debug gvrp

• disable

• garp timers

• gvrp enable

• gvrp registration

• protocol gvrp

• show config

• show garp timers

• show gvrp

• show gvrp statistics

The GARP (Generic Attribute Registration Protocol) mechanism allows the

configuration of a GARP participant to propagate through a network quickly. A

GARP participant registers or de-registers its attributes with other participants by

making or withdrawing declarations of attributes. At the same time, based on

received declarations or withdrawals, GARP handles attributes of other participants.

GVRP enables a device to propagate local VLAN registration information to other

participant devices and dynamically update the VLAN registration information from

other devices. The registration information updates local databases regarding active

VLAN members and through which port the VLANs can be reached.