This chapter describes the required and optional tasks for configuring routing between VLANs with IEEE 802.1Q encapsulation.
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Shared port adapters (SPAs) on Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Router have a limit of 8,000 TCAM entries, which limits the number of VLANs you can create on a single SPA.
The IEEE 802.1Q protocol is used to interconnect multiple switches and routers, and for defining VLAN topologies. The IEEE 802.1Q standard is extremely restrictive to untagged frames. The standard provides only a per-port VLANs solution for untagged frames. For example, assigning untagged frames to VLANs takes into consideration only the port from which they have been received. Each port has a parameter called a permanent virtual identification (Native VLAN) that specifies the VLAN assigned to receive untagged frames.
The main characteristics of IEEE 802.1Q are as follows:
Assigns frames to VLANs by filtering.
The standard assumes the presence of a single spanning tree and of an explicit tagging scheme with one-level tagging.
IP routing over IEEE 802.1Q extends IP routing capabilities to include support for routing IP frame types in VLAN configurations using the IEEE 802.1Q encapsulation.
To route IP over IEEE 802.1Q between VLANs, you need to customize the subinterface to create the environment in which it will be used. Perform the tasks described in the following sections in the order in which they appear:
IP routing is automatically enabled in the Cisco IOS XE software for routers. To reenable IP routing if it has been disabled, perform the following steps.
Once you have IP routing enabled on the router, you can customize the characteristics to suit your environment. If necessary, refer to the IP configuration chapters in the Cisco IOS XE IP Routing Protocols Configuration Guide , Release 2, for guidelines on configuring IP.
1.
enable
2.
configure
terminal
3.
ip
routing
4.
end
To define the encapsulation format as IEEE 802.1Q, perform the following steps.
1.
enable
2.
configure
terminal
3.
interface
gigabitethernet
card
/
spaslot
/
port
.
subinterface-number
4.
encapsulation
dot1q
vlanid
5.
end
An interface can have one primary IP address. To assign a primary IP address and a network mask to a network interface, perform the following steps.
1.
enable
2.
configure
terminal
3.
interface
gigabitethernet
card
/
spaslot
/
port
.
subinterface-number
4.
ip
address
ip-address mask
5.
end
To indicate whether a VLAN is a native VLAN, perform the following steps.
1.
enable
2.
show
vlans
3.
end
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This configuration example shows IP being routed on VLAN 101:
! ip routing ! interface gigabitethernet 4/1/1.101 encapsulation dot1q 101 ip addr 10.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 !
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IP LAN switching commands: complete command syntax, command mode, defaults, usage guidelines, and examples |
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No new or modified MIBs are supported by this feature, and support for existing MIBs has not been modified by this feature. |
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Feature Name |
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Feature Information |
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Configuring Routing Between VLANs with IEEE 802.1Q Encapsulation |
Cisco IOS XE Release 2.1 |
This feature was introduced on the Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers. |
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