
3-12 AT-8600 Series Software Reference
Software Release 2.6.4
C613-03081-00 REV A
Table 3-2 on page 3-12 lists the meaning and use of the fields in the Ethernet
frame. Figure 3-1 on page 3-12 shows the format of VLAN data in an Ethernet
frame. Twelve bits of the tag are the VLAN Identifier (VID), which indicates the
VLAN to which the packet belongs. Table 3-3 on page 3-12 lists the VLAN
Identifier values that have specific meaning.
Figure 3-1: Format of user priority and VLAN data in an Ethernet frame.
Table 3-2: Fields in the Ethernet frame for QoS and VLAN switching .
Field Length Meaning and use
TPID 2 octets The Tag Protocol Identifier (TPID) is defined by IEEE Standard
802.1q as 0x81-00.
User Priority 3 bits The User Priority field is the priority tag for the frame, which
can be used by the switch to determine the Quality of
Service to apply to the frame. The three bit binary number
represents eight priority levels, 0 to 7.
CFI 1 bit The Canonical Format Indicator (CFI flag) indicates whether
all MAC address information that may be present in the
MAC data carried by the frame is in canonical format.
VID 12 bits The VLAN Identifier (VID) field uniquely identifies the VLAN
to which the frame belongs.
Table 3-3: Reserved VID values .
VID value (hexadecimal) Meaning and use of reserved VID values
0 The null VLAN ID. Indicates that the tag header contains only
user priority information; no VLAN Identifier is present in the
frame. This VID value must not be configured in any Forwarding
Database entry, or used in any management operation. Frames
that contain the null VLAN ID are also known as priority-tagged
frames.
1 The default VID value used for classifying frames on ingress
through an untagged switch port.
FFF Reserved for implementation use. This VID value must not be
configured in any Forwarding Database entry, used in any
management operation, or transmitted in a tag header.
TPID
16 bits
1 bit
3 bits
12 bits
User
Priority
CFI VID
0x81-00
Preamble
Destination
Address
Source
Address
Type/
Length
Frame Data
CRC
64 bits
48 bits 48 bits
16
bits
368-12000
32 bits
SWITCH6
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