Table of Contents

1 Voice VLAN Configuration Guide ············································································································1-1

Configuring Voice VLAN ·························································································································1-1
Network Diagram·····························································································································1-1
Networking and Configuration Requirements··················································································1-1
Applicable Product Matrix················································································································1-2
Configuration Procedure··················································································································1-2
Complete Configuration···················································································································1-3
Configuration Guidelines ·················································································································1-4

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1 Voice VLAN Configuration Guide

Configuring Voice VLAN

The voice VLAN feature is provided to separate voice traffic from data traffic and assign higher priority
to voice traffic, thus decreasing voice transmission delay and jitter.
You can assign or remove a port to or from the voice VLAN manually or have the switch do that
dynamically by configuring the automatic voice VLAN assignment mode on the port.
On a port configured with the automatic voice VLAN assignment mode, the switch automatically
assigns the port to the voice VLAN when receiving a packet with the source MAC address matching a
recognizable voice device vendor OUI. As soon as the port is assigned to the voice VLAN, an aging
timer starts. If no recognizable voice traffic has been received before the timer expires, the port is
removed from the voice VLAN.

Network Diagram

Figure 1-1 Network diagram for automatic voice VLAN assignment configuration

IP Phone1
(Tag)
PC 000f-e234-1234
Voice VoIP Network
Gateway

GE1/0/1
SwitchA SwitchB
GE1/0/2

Server
IP Phone2
(Untag)
Oui:000f-2200-0000

Networking and Configuration Requirements

As shown in Figure 1-10, PC is connected to GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 of Switch A through IP phone 1, and
IP phone 2 is connected to GigabitEthernet 1/0/2 of Switch A. IP phone 1 sends out voice traffic with the
tag of the voice VLAN, while IP phone 2 sends out voice traffic without any VLAN tag.
Configure the voice VLAN feature to satisfy the following requirements:
z Configure VLAN 2 as the voice VLAN, and set the aging time of the voice VLAN to 100 minutes.
Use VLAN 6 to transmit user service data.
z GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 and GigabitEthernet 1/0/2 can recognize voice traffic automatically. Service
data from PC and voice traffic are assigned to different VLANs and then transmitted to the server
and the voice gateway respectively through Switch B.

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 z Because the OUI addresses of IP phone 1 and IP phone 2 are not in the default voice device
vendor OUI list of the switch, you are required to add their OUI addresses 000f-e200-0000 and
000f-2200-0000 to the OUI list. In addition, configure their descriptions as IP Phone1 and IP
Phone2 respectively.

Applicable Product Matrix

Product Series Software Version Hardware Version

Release 5301, Release
S3610 series Ethernet switches All versions
5303
Release 5301, Release
S5510 series Ethernet switches All versions
5303
All versions except
Release 1207
S5510-SI series Ethernet switches S5500-20TP-SI
Release 1301 S5500-20TP-SI
S5510-EI series Ethernet switches Release 2102 All versions
Release 6100, Release
S7500E series Ethernet switches All versions
6300

Configuration Procedure

# Create VLAN 2 and VLAN 6.

<SwitchA> system-view
[SwitchA] vlan 2
[SwitchA-vlan2] quit
[SwitchA] vlan 6
[SwitchA-vlan6] quit

# Set the aging time for the voice VLAN.

[SwitchA] voice vlan aging 100

# Add 000f-e200-0000 to the OUI address list and configure its description as IP Phone1.
[SwitchA] voice vlan mac-address 000f-e200-0000 mask ffff-ff00-0000 description IP Phone1

# Add 000f-2200-0000 to the OUI address list and configure its description as IP Phone2.
[SwitchA] voice vlan mac-address 000f-2200-0000 mask ffff-ff00-0000 description IP Phone2

# Configure VLAN 2 as the voice VLAN.

[SwitchA] voice vlan 2 enable

# Configure the automatic voice VLAN assignment mode on Ethernet 1/0/1. This step is optional,
because the mode is enabled by default.
[SwitchA] interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/1
[SwitchA-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] voice vlan mode auto

# Configure Ethernet 1/0/1 as a trunk port.

[SwitchA-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] port link-type trunk

# Configure VLAN 6 as the default VLAN of Ethernet 1/0/1 and configure Ethernet 1/0/1 to permit the
packets of VLAN 6 to pass through. (PC data will be transmitted in the VLAN.)

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 [SwitchA-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] port trunk pvid vlan 6
[SwitchA-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] port trunk permit vlan 6

# Enable voice VLAN on GigabitEthernet 1/0/1.

[SwitchA-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] voice vlan enable

z After the configuration is completed, PC data will be assigned to VLAN 6 (the data VLAN) on
GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 for transmission. When IP phone traffic arrives at GigabitEthernet 1/0/1, the
port automatically joins the voice VLAN and transmits the voice traffic with the voice VLAN tag, so
that IP phone 1 can receive packets normally.
z GigabitEthernet 1/0/1 can be a hybrid port. In this case, you can follow the same configuration
procedure except that you should set the data VLAN as the default VLAN. When IP phone traffic
arrives at the port, the port automatically permits the voice VLAN and transmits the traffic with the
voice VLAN tag.

# Set the voice VLAN assignment mode of GigabitEthernet 1/0/2 to manual. The manual mode must be
adopted because the voice traffic from IP phone 2 is untagged.
[SwitchA-GigabitEthernet1/0/1] quit
[SwitchA] interface GigabitEthernet 1/0/2
[SwitchA-GigabitEthernet1/0/2] undo voice vlan mode auto

# Configure GigabitEthernet 1/0/2 to be an access port and assign it to the voice VLAN.
[SwitchA-GigabitEthernet1/0/2] port access vlan 2

# Enable voice VLAN on GigabitEthernet 1/0/2.

[SwitchA-GigabitEthernet1/0/2] voice vlan enable

z You can set GigabitEthernet 1/0/2 as a trunk or hybrid port. In either case, configure the voice
VLAN as the default VLAN and configure the port to remove the VLAN tag when forwarding traffic
with the voice VLAN tag.
z If traffic from IP phone 2 is tagged, configure GigabitEthernet 1/0/2 as a trunk or hybrid port and
send the packets of VLAN 2 with the VLAN tag.

Complete Configuration

#
vlan 1 to 2
#
vlan 6
#

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 interface GigabitEthernet1/0/1
port link-type trunk
port trunk permit vlan 1 6
port trunk pvid vlan 6
voice vlan enable
#
interface GigabitEthernet1/0/2
port access vlan 2
undo voice vlan mode auto
voice vlan enable
#
voice vlan aging 100
voice vlan mac-address 000f-2200-0000 mask ffff-ff00-0000 description IP Phone2
voice vlan mac-address 000f-e200-0000 mask ffff-ff00-0000 description IP Phone1
voice vlan 2 enable

Configuration Guidelines

By default, the system maintains the OUI list shown in Table 1-1. You can remove or modify these
pre-defined OUI addresses as needed.

Table 1-1 Default OUI addresses preconfigured on the switch

No. OUI Address Vendor

1 0001-e300-0000 Siemens phones

2 0003-6b00-0000 Cisco phones

3 0004-0d00-0000 Avaya phones
4 00d0-1e00-0000 Pingtel phones

5 0060-b900-0000 Philips/NEC phones

6 00e0-7500-0000 Polycom phones
7 00e0-bb00-0000 3com phones

z To use a VLAN as a protocol VLAN and the voice VLAN at the same time, ensure that the voice
VLAN assignment mode on the port to be associated with the protocol VLAN is not automatic mode.
In automatic mode, the port cannot be assigned to the voice VLAN manually and thus can cause
your attempt to associate the protocol VLAN with the port to fail.
z You cannot set the voice VLAN as the default VLAN on a port in automatic voice VLAN assignment
mode.
z The switch supports only one voice VLAN.
z Only a static VLAN can be configured as the voice VLAN.
z In the voice VLAN operating in security mode, the device allows only the packets whose source
address matches a recognizable voice device vendor OUI to pass through. All other packets,
including authentication packets such as 802.1x authentication packets, will be dropped. Therefore,
you are discouraged to transmit both voice and data in the voice VLAN at the same time. If that is
needed, disable the security mode of the voice VLAN first.

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