VLAN Management
VLAN Groups
210 Cisco Small Business 200, 300 and 500 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide (Internal Version)
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1. Define a protocol group (using the Protocol-Based Groups page).
2. For each required interface, assign the protocol group to a VLAN (using
Protocol-Based Groups to VLAN page). The interfaces must be in General mode
and cannot have a Dynamic VLAN (DVA) assigned to it.
Protocol-Based Groups
To define a set of protocols.
STEP 1 Click VLAN Management > VLAN Groups > Protocol-Based Groups.
The Protocol-Based Groups Page contains the following fields:
• Encapsulation—Displays the protocol on which the VLAN group is based.
• Protocol Value (Hex)—Displays the protocol value in hex.
• Group ID—Displays the protocol group ID to which the interface is added.
STEP 2 Click the Add Button. The Add Protocol-Based Group page appears
STEP 3 Enter the following fields:.
• Encapsulation—Protocol Packet type. The following options are available:
- Ethernet V2—If this is selected, select the Ethernet Type.
- LLC-SNAP (rfc1042)—If this is selected, enter the Protocol Value.
- LLC—If this is selected, select the DSAP-SSAP Values.
• Ethernet Type—Select the Ethernet type for Ethernet V2 encapsulation. This
is the two-octet field in the Ethernet frame used to indicate which protocol is
encapsulated in the payload of the Ethernet packet) for the VLAN group
• Protocol Value—Enter the protocol for LLC-SNAP (rfc 1042)encapsulation.
• DSAP-SSAP—Enter these values for LLC encapsulation.
• Group ID—Enter a protocol group ID.
STEP 4 Click Apply. The Protocol Group is added, and written to the Running
Configuration file.
