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back39

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August 26th, 2007 03:00

Confused about PVID

This is on a 2724 switch. I've got a server setup to only accept tagged packets on VLAN 100. I want the server to be able to accept packets from both tagged and untagged sources. I set the PVID of the port the server is on to 100, but it's not getting any traffic. From reading the documentation, it's not really clear on exactly what setting PVID does. Does PVID add a VLAN tag to traffic entering from that switch port, or leaving that switch port? Thanks...

cerbera_a84f2d

176 Posts

August 29th, 2007 11:00

There's two things you can set on the port for VLANs....tagged or untagged and PVID.
 
If the port is set as untagged, then it tells the switch that the device(s) connected to that port are VLAN unaware, so any packet to be forwarded from that port out of the switch must be forwarded with the VLAN tag removed. If the port is set as tagged, then the destination device is VLAN aware, and packets will be forwarded with VLAN tags...so tagged /untagged is for packets leaving the switch.
 
Now for packets arriving at the switch port....if the packet arrives with a VLAN tag , then - providing that port is in the VLAN matching the tag - the packet will be forwarded; so if you have set a server NIC for instance to apply a VLAN ID , then  the packet arriving at the port will be tagged...so in this case you have a VLAN aware device forwarding packets already tagged , so you would configure the port into the appropraite VLAN as a tagged port. Note that if the packet arrives at the port tageed for a VLAN of which  the port is not a member, the switch will drop the packet.
 
If a packet arrives at the port from an end device carrying no VLAN tag, then the switch will add a VLAN tage which corresponds to the PVID, and then forward it within that VLAN; so the PVID mechanisim allows you to have traffic originating from a non-VLAN aware device to become an 802.1q packet, so that it can traverse to other switches and still be contained within the correct VLAN; so PVID is for non tagged packets arriving at a port on the switch.
 
Hope this helps

cerbera_a84f2d

176 Posts

August 29th, 2007 11:00

 


Message Edited by cerbera on 08-29-2007 07:33 AM

back39

12 Posts

August 31st, 2007 02:00

Thank you very much for the clear explanation. Dell should C&P that directly into their documentation.

Zitibake

68 Posts

September 5th, 2007 19:00

So it sounds like the PVID setting is pretty useless unless you also set Untagged for the same VLAN on the same port?

djfirefox

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September 14th, 2012 11:00

This is by far the BEST simple explanation of clans and tagging I've read, thank you as I've been racking my brain how to configure uplink ports (to other switches) and the ports to servers.

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