VLAN). A packet that ingresses on a trunk port is in the VLAN
specified in its 802.1Q header, or VLAN 0 if the packet has no
802.1Q header. A packet that egresses through a trunk port will
- have a 802.1Q header if it has a nonzero VLAN ID (or a nonzero
- 802.1Q priority).
+ have an 802.1Q header if it has a nonzero VLAN ID.
</p>
<p>
<dd>
<p>
An access port carries packets on exactly one VLAN specified in the
- <ref column="tag"/> column. Packets ingressing and egressing on an
- access port have no 802.1Q header.
+ <ref column="tag"/> column. Packets egressing on an access port
+ have no 802.1Q header.
</p>
<p>
- Any packet with an 802.1Q header that ingresses on an access port
- is dropped, regardless of whether the VLAN ID in the header is the
- access port's VLAN ID.
+ Any packet with an 802.1Q header with a nonzero VLAN ID that
+ ingresses on an access port is dropped, regardless of whether the
+ VLAN ID in the header is the access port's VLAN ID.
</p>
</dd>
<dd>
A native-untagged port resembles a native-tagged port, with the
exception that a packet that egresses on a native-untagged port in
- the native VLAN not have an 802.1Q header.
+ the native VLAN will not have an 802.1Q header.
</dd>
</dl>
<p>
VLAN.
</p>
</column>
+
+ <column name="other_config" key="priority-tags"
+ type='{"type": "boolean"}'>
+ <p>
+ An 802.1Q header contains two important pieces of information: a VLAN
+ ID and a priority. A frame with a zero VLAN ID, called a
+ ``priority-tagged'' frame, is supposed to be treated the same way as
+ a frame without an 802.1Q header at all (except for the priority).
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ However, some network elements ignore any frame that has 802.1Q
+ header at all, even when the VLAN ID is zero. Therefore, by default
+ Open vSwitch does not output priority-tagged frames, instead omitting
+ the 802.1Q header entirely if the VLAN ID is zero. Set this key to
+ <code>true</code> to enable priority-tagged frames on a port.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Regardless of this setting, Open vSwitch omits the 802.1Q header on
+ output if both the VLAN ID and priority would be zero.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ All frames output to native-tagged ports have a nonzero VLAN ID, so
+ this setting is not meaningful on native-tagged ports.
+ </p>
+ </column>
</group>
<group title="Bonding Configuration">