Planning for GVRP operation

To set up dynamic VLANs for a segment:

Procedure
  1. Determine the VLAN topology required for each segment (broadcast domain) on the network.
  2. Determine which VLANs must be static and which can be dynamically propagated.
  3. Determine the devices on which static VLANs must be manually created to propagate VLANs throughout the segment.
  4. Determine security boundaries and how individual ports in the segment are to handle dynamic VLAN advertisements (see Table 7: Options for handling unknown VLAN advertisements and Table 6: Controlling VLAN behavior on ports with static VLANs).
  5. Enable GVRP on all devices to be used with dynamic VLANs and configure the appropriate "Unknown VLAN" parameter (Learn, Block, or Disable) for each port.
  6. Configure static VLANs on the switches, where needed, with their per-VLAN parameters (Tagged, Untagged, Auto, and Forbid—see Table 7: Options for handling unknown VLAN advertisements and Table 6: Controlling VLAN behavior on ports with static VLANs) on each port.
  7. Dynamic VLANs will then appear automatically, according to the chosen configuration options.
  8. Convert dynamic VLANs to static VLANs, where dynamic VLANs are to become permanent.