PowerConnect 5324 -> Summit 4 VLAN/tagging problem

Your statement "VLAN1 id 13" is a bit confusing. I'm assuming this means that you are using the name VLAN1 for VID 13. This is an odd and confusing naming scheme. It would make more sense from an administration perspective to use VLAN1 for VID 1 and VLAN13 for VID 13.

When using untagged frames between the switches, you are relying on the ingress filter (PVID) to determine what VLAN the traffic will be part of. A port can only have one PVID. This configuration will work for your existing scenario, but it is not scalable.

The ideal configuration would be to tag the VLANs between the switches. In this case, you would use access mode for ports 3 and 4 (switchport access vlan 13) and trunk mode for port 24 (switchport mode trunk) and add VLAN 13 to the trunk (switchport trunk allowed vlan add 13). The summit switch would then use untagged frames for the client ports and tagged frames for the trunk port. The PVID on the client ports should be 13. The PVID on the trunk port should be 1.

Thanks for the reply Greg.

I fixed the VLAN Name issue but when I set port 24 to be TRUNK I get the following error:

CLI MODE:
Acceptable frame type value is only supported in General mode.


I logged in via http and noticed
The setting for the frame type is "Admin all" grayed out when Trunk is set for the port.

On the PC5324 i set port 3,4 untagged VID 13 and port 24 tagged VID 13.


thanks

Greg,
Let me know if this setup is correct.
Ok. The network is reachable on both switches.
Will this config cause any problems in the future?

Setup:
Summit port 17 tagged VID 16 and ports 11-16 untagged
VLAN name = 16

PC5324
Ports 2, 3 untagged and port 24 tagged VID 16.
VLAN name = 16

VLAN config on PC5324

console# show vlan

Vlan Name Ports Type Authorization
---- ----------------- --------------------------- ------------ -------------
1 1 g(1-2,5-23),ch(1-8) other Required
16 16 g(3-4,24) permanent Required

console# show running-config
interface ethernet g24
switchport mode general
exit
vlan database
vlan 16
exit
interface ethernet g24
switchport general pvid 16
exit
interface range ethernet g(3-4)
switchport access vlan 16
exit
interface ethernet g24
switchport general allowed vlan add 16
exit
interface vlan 16
name pif
exit
interface ethernet g24
switchport general acceptable-frame-type tagged-only
exit


----------------------
[Kconsole# show interface switchport ethernet g24
Port : g24
Port Mode: General
Gvrp Status: disabled
Ingress Filtering: true
Acceptable Frame Type: admitOnlyVlanTagged
Ingress UnTagged VLAN ( NATIVE ): 16

Port is member in:


Vlan Name Egress rule Port Membership Type
---- -------------------------------- ----------- --------------------
16 16 Tagged Static


Forbidden VLANS:

Vlan Nam

Greg,

I now got the hang of it but do I have to run these commands for a port to become a trunk all the time?


(config-if)# no switchport general acceptable-frame-types tagged-only
(config-if)# no switchport general pvid


Again, thanks for your help.

Carlos