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Table 1-3 Matching relationship between port types and voice devices acquiring voice VLAN through 
manual configuration 
Voice VLAN 
assignment mode
Port type  Supported or not 
Access Not supported 
Trunk 
Supported 
Make sure the default VLAN of the port exists and is not a 
voice VLAN, and the access port permits the traffic of the 
default VLAN. 
Automatic 
Hybrid  
Supported 
Make sure the default VLAN of the port exists and is not a 
voice VLAN, and the default VLAN is in the list of the tagged 
VLANs whose traffic is permitted by the access port. 
Access   Not supported 
Trunk 
Supported 
Make sure the default VLAN of the port exists and is not a 
voice VLAN, and the access port permits the traffic of the 
default VLAN. 
Manual 
Hybrid  
Supported 
Make sure the default VLAN of the port exists and is not a 
voice VLAN, and the default VLAN and the voice VLAN is in 
the list of the tagged VLANs whose traffic is permitted by the 
access port. 
 
Security Mode of Voice VLAN 
The automatic mode and manual mode described earlier only apply to the process of assigning a port to 
the voice VLAN. After a port is assigned to the voice VLAN, the switch receives and forwards all voice 
VLAN-tagged traffic without matching the source MAC address of each received packet against its OUI 
list. For a port in the manual mode with the default VLAN as the voice VLAN, any untagged packet can 
be transmitted in the voice VLAN. This makes the voice VLAN vulnerable to flow attacks, because 
malicious users can create a large amount of voice VLAN-tagged packets to consume the voice VLAN 
bandwidth, affecting normal voice communication. 
Switch 4210 provide the security mode for voice VLAN to address this problem. When the voice VLAN 
works in security mode, the switch checks the source MAC address of each packet to enter the voice 
VLAN and drops the packets whose source MAC addresses do not match the OUI list. However, 
checking packets occupies lots of system resources. Therefore, in a relatively safe network, you can 
configure the voice VLAN to operate in normal mode.  
The following table presents how a packet is handled when the voice VLAN is operating in security 
mode and normal mode.