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16.8 Virtual Channels
Defining virtual channels (also called Permanent Virtual Circuits or PVCs) allows
you to set priorities for different services or subscribers. You can define up to eight
channels on each DSL port and use them for different services or levels of service.
You set the PVID that is assigned to untagged frames received on each channel.
You also set an IEEE 802.1p priority for each of the PVIDs. In this way you can
assign different priorities to different channels (and consequently the services that
get carried on them or the subscribers that use them).
For example, you want to give high priority to voice service on one of the ADSL
ports.
Use the Edit Static VLAN screen to configure a static VLAN on the IES-1248-51V
for voice on the port.
Use the ADSL Edit Port Channel Setup screen to:
• Configure a channel on the port for voice service.
• Set the channel to use the PVID of the static VLAN you configured.
• Assign the channel a high priority.
16.8.1 Super Channel
The IES-1248-51V forwards frames belonging to VLAN groups that are not
assigned to specific channels to the super channel. Enable the super channel
option to allow a channel forward frames belonging to multiple VLAN groups (that
are not assigned to other channels). The super channel functions in the same way
as the channel in a single channel environment. One port can have only one super
channel.
16.8.2 LLC
LLC is a type of encapsulation where one VC (Virtual Circuit) carries multiple
protocols with each packet header containing protocol identifying information.
Despite the extra bandwidth and processing overhead, this method may be
advantageous if it is not practical to have a separate VC for each carried protocol,
for example, if charging heavily depends on the number of simultaneous VCs.
16.8.3 VC Mux
VC Mux is a type of encapsulation where, by prior mutual agreement, each
protocol is assigned to a specific virtual circuit, for example, VC1 carries IP, VC2
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