OmniSwitch 6800/6850/9000 Network Configuration Guide March 2008 page 5-1
5 Configuring GVRP
The GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) facilitates in controlling virtual local area networks
(VLANs) in a large network. It is an application of Generic Attribute Registration Protocol (GARP) and
provides VLAN registration service. GVRP enables devices to dynamically learn their VLAN member-
ships.
GVRP is compliant with 802.1Q standard. It dynamically learns and propagates VLAN membership
information across a bridged network. GVRP dynamically maintains and updates the registration and
de-registration of VLANs and prunes unnecessary broadcast and unicast traffic. Through the propagation
of GVRP information, a device is continuously able to update its knowledge on the set of VLANs that
currently have active nodes and on the ports through which those nodes can be reached.
Note. GVRP is supported only on OmniSwitch 6850 and 9000 Series switches in Release 6.3.1.
In This Chapter
This chapter describes the basic components of GVRP and their configuration through the Command Line
Interface (CLI). CLI commands are used in the configuration examples; for more details about the syntax
of commands, see the OmniSwitch CLI Reference Guide.
Configuration procedures described in this chapter include:
• Enabling GVRP on page 5-7.
• Enabling Transparent Switching on page 5-8.
• Configuring Maximum Number of VLANs on page 5-8.
• Configuring GVRP Registration on page 5-9.
• Configuring GVRP Applicant Mode on page 5-10.
• Modifying GVRP Timers on page 5-10.
• Restricting VLAN Registration on page 5-11.
• Restricting Static VLAN Registration on page 5-12.
• Restricting VLAN Advertisements on page 5-12.
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