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Watson-Ethernet-Manual.doc
Version 3.3-01
Watson Ethernet
Operating Manual
Revision: 2010-01-20
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3) Transparent bridging with inband management. This mode is equivalent to
the Transparent bridging mode but allows inband management through the
DSL spans, cf. 3.5.5.
The bridging modes are controlled by the BRIDGEMODE Monitor command.
3.2.3 MAC Defect Signaling
The operating status of DSL Spans and remote Ethernet interfaces can be linked
to the status of the local Ethernet interfaces through MAC Defect Signaling
(MDS).
If MDS is active then the Ethernet User Interfaces will be disabled if
the DSL span is not synchronized OR
the Ethernet User interface at the remote end is not active (LKINT alarm from
the remote side)
There is a fixed association between DSL spans and Ethernet interfaces for MDS
(DSL1 is associated with ETH1, DSL2 with ETH2 etc.). This association is inde-
pendent of the currently configured BRIDGEMODE.
MDS can be enabled and disabled individually per Ethernet interface with the
MDS Monitor command.
3.2.4 VLANs
The Watson Ethernet plug-in supports VLAN functions according to IEEE
802.1q. Each of the Ethernet bridge ports (ETH1 .. ETH4, DSL1 .. DSL4,
MGMT3) can be member of one or several VLANs. The maximum number of
VLANs is 64. Each VLAN has a VLAN Identifier (VID) between 1 and 4094.
Upon reception of an Ethernet packet at a port its VID is checked against the
VIDs of all VLANs this port is a member of. Packets that do not carry one of
these VIDs will be discarded.
For untagged packets the default VID for the port is used to determine VLAN
membership.
Packets are only forwarded to ports that are a member of the VLAN of this pack-
et.
Upon transmission the packet will be tagged with the VLAN tag originally re-
ceived. If the packet was untagged then the default tag of the receiving port is
added to the packet. The port can also be configured to send the packets un-
tagged.
3.2.5 VLAN Examples
VLANs are always used within the Watson Ethernet plug-in to segregate traffic
from different ports. This is true even when no VLAN tags are present on packets
ingressing or egressing the plug-in.
Figure 3-6 below shows a simple VLAN configuration example. Both on the DSL
and on the Ethernet side untagged packets are used. On the Watson Ethernet
plug-in four VLANs (VLAN 1, VLAN 2, VLAN 3 and VLAN 4) are configured. De-
pending on its ingress port each packet gets a default tag between 1 and 4. This
tag is then used to switch the packet to the correct egress port, effectively con-
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