ARIES provides an easy way to configure tag-based (802.1Q) VLAN.

Example 1: Access and Trunk ports

Below is an example of a typical VLAN configuration. In it we have

There are 3 VLANs. Ports 1, 2 are members of VLAN with ID = 2, Ports 1, 3 are members of VLAN with ID = 3, Ports 1, 4 are members of VLAN with ID=4. Port 1 is configured to a trunk port that expects packets to be tagged. Ports 2-4 expect untagged packets and instead use port-based VLAN ID defaults to show their membership.

<aside> 💡 The following instructions relate to the above example but can be generalized for any VLAN configuration

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1. Open ARIES and go to VLAN tab

VLAN Classification

1. Since we are using tagged packets, set Enable Tag-based VLAN to true.
2. Tagged packets are expected on port 1 and untagged packets on ports 2-4. In VLAN Port classification , set port 1 to 0 and ports 2-4 to 1 . Port 5 can be left on its default.

Default VLAN Info

1. Since we rely on PVID for ports 2-4 to classify the VLAN member of that port, we must set in Default PVID Member Port

   1. Port 2 = PVID value of 2
   2. Port 3 = PVID value of 3
   3. Port 4 = PVID value of 4

   The other ports can be left on their default.

VLAN Tag Control

1. Given that outgoing packets on port 1 must be tagged and untagged on ports 2-4.
   1. Add Tag on Port 1
   2. Remove Tag on Port 2 - 4

VLAN Table

VID0,1,…,F refer to the ordinal number of VLANs configured. I.e. ARIES supports 16 configurable VLANs and this table shows their port membership. The order is determined by the VLAN ID from lowest to highest.

In our case, VLAN with ID 2 = VID0, VLAN with ID 3 = VID1 and VLAN with ID 4 = VID2.

Hence we set the following examples

1. In VLAN Table
   1. VID0 : set ports 1, 2
   2. VID1 : set ports 1, 3
   3. VID2: set ports 1, 4