e-lmi E-Series ExaScale only: Enter the keyword e-lmi to enable protocol 
tunneling for the Ethernet local management interface (E-LMI).
gmrp E-Series ExaScale only: Enter the keyword gmrp to enable protocol 
tunneling for the GARP multicast registration protocol (GMRP).
gvrp E-Series ExaScale only: Enter the keyword gvrp to enable protocol 
tunneling for the GARP VLAN registration protocol (GVRP).
lldp E-Series ExaScale only: Enter the keyword lldp to enable protocol 
tunneling for the link layer discovery protocol (LLDP).
lacp E-Series ExaScale only: Enter the keyword lacp to enable protocol 
tunneling for the link aggregation control protocol (LACP).
mmrp E-Series ExaScale only: Enter the keyword mmrp to enable protocol 
tunneling for the multiple MAC registration protocol (MMRP).
mvrp E-Series ExaScale only: Enter the keyword mvrp to enable protocol 
tunneling for the Multiple VLAN Registration protocol (MVRP).
oam E-Series ExaScale only: Enter the keyword oam to enable protocol 
tunneling for link-layer Ethernet operations, administration, and 
maintenance functions (Ethernet in the First Mile - EFM - OAM 
802.3ah).
stp Enter the keyword stp to enable protocol tunneling on a spanning 
tree, including STP, MSTP, RSTP, and PVST.
Defaults none
Command Modes CONF-IF-VLAN
Command History
Version 8.3.11.1 Introduced on the Z9000.
Version 8.5.1.1 Added support for 802.1X, E-LMI, GMRP, GVRP, LLDP, LACP, 
MMRP, MVRP, and OAM 802.3ah protocol traffic to the E-Series 
ExaScale.
Version 8.2.1.0 Introduced on the C-Series, E-Series, and E-Series ExaScale.
Version 7.4.1.0 Introduced
Example
FTOS#conf
FTOS(conf)#interface vlan 2
FTOS(conf-if-vl-2)#vlan-stack compatible
FTOS(conf-if-vl-2)#member Gi1/2-3
FTOS(conf-if-vl-2)#protocol-tunnel stp
FTOS(conf-if-vl-2)#protocol-tunnel enable
Related 
Command
show protocol-tunnel – displays tunneling information for all VLANs.
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