break-out group report 96-03-13, pm Lajolla,Ca
vLAN Standardization
        Organization of Work, Anil Rijsinghani
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vLAN Work organization
        -goals/requirements
        -Terminology/Definitions
        -Architecture
                -topology - vLAN aware and challenged devices
                -vLAN aware - bridges, routers, end-stations, servers
                -Diverse Switch capabilities
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VLAN ORGANIZATION
-Architecture cont.
        -interaction with existing network devices specifically 802.1D
        -operation over different pysical layers
          including 802.3, 802.5, FDDI and ATM
        -Relation to bridge model/layering
        -Loop control
        -Configuration and distrubution of configuration
        -Network management
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VLAN DEFINITION
-user defintion and administration domains
-naming
-compliing into globally understood grammar
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VLAN MANAGEMENT
-configuration
-statistics
-monitoring
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VLAN GRAMMAR
-Format of vLAN frammar that communicates user-defined vLAN policy to
 common language understood by all switches
-Distribution of vLAN grammar - which method(s)
        -network management
        -vLAN server or services
        -Distribution Protocol
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GRAMMAR Distribution
-For each method (if chosen) - standardization issues
-Network Management
        -MIB Definition
-vLAN Server ??
        -Protocol
        -Redundancy
        -WQell-known address or how to acquire
-Distribution protocol (GUMP?)
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Frame Forwarding Rules
-vLAN Mapping
        -How is each frame associated witha  vLAN
        -Implicit and explicit
-Unknown Mapping
        -Flood or Filter ?
-Leaky vLANs
-Precedence of vLAN association
-How do you know which set of ports to flood a frame to? "Port binding"
        -static
        -dynamic - protocol based
        -Automatic (none)
-Binding of frame format (implicit or explicit) for that vLAN for that segment
-Action on unknown mappings
        -forward
        -filter
-Duplicate Addresses within bridged infrastructure
-Source Routing
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vLAN Frame Format(s)
-specification for all media types
-specification of translation
-behavior per segment
-vLAN ID format
        -size
        -interpretation, global ID and local administration ID?
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Loop Control
-One Spanning Tree
-Spanning Tree per vLAN
        -interaction with legacy spanning trees
        -port modes
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Plug and Play
-definition of initial conditions
-default configurations
-adds,moves,changes
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Informative Annexes
-MIB(s)
-Applications and typical uses
-Topology examples
        -trunking
        -combinations of vlan aare and challenged devices
        -end to end connectivity
        -spanning tree interaction