Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6800 Series - Configuring Dynamic VLAN Port Assignment

Dynamically Assigning Ports to VLANs Assigning Ports to VLANs
page 10-10 OmniSwitch 6800/6850/9000 Network Configuration Guide March 2008
Mobile Port Traffic Triggers Dynamic VLAN Assignment
Configuring Dynamic VLAN Port Assignment
Dynamic VLAN port assignment requires the following configuration steps:
1 Use the vlan port mobile command to enable mobility on switch ports that will participate in dynamic
VLAN assignment. See “Enabling/Disabling Port Mobility” on page 10-11 for detailed procedures.
2 Enable/disable mobile port properties that determine mobile port behavior. See “Configuring Mobile
Port Properties” on page 10-16 for detailed procedures.
3 Create VLANs that will receive and forward mobile port traffic. See Chapter 4, “Configuring VLANs,”
for more information.
4 Configure the method of traffic classification (VLAN rules or tagged VLAN ID) that will trigger
dynamic assignment of a mobile port to the VLANs created in Step 3. See “VLAN Rule Classification” on
page 10-8 and “VLAN Mobile Tag Classification” on page 10-5 for more information.
Once the above configuration steps are completed, dynamic VLAN assignment occurs when a device
connected to a mobile port starts to send traffic. This traffic is examined by switch software to determine
which VLAN should carry the traffic based on the type of classification, if any, defined for a particular
VLAN. See “Dynamically Assigning Ports to VLANs” on page 10-4 for more information and examples
of dynamic VLAN port assignment.
Port 2
VLAN 2
VLAN 1
VLAN 4
IP Network 130.0.0.0
Default VLAN
IP
Network 140.0.0.0
138.0.0.1 140.0.0.1
VLAN 3
IP Network 138.0.0.0
Port 3
130.0.0.1
Port 1
Dynamic VPA
Default VLAN
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