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Appendix B: 802.1Q VLAN description
553-3001-368 Standard 26.00 August 2007
IP Softphone 2050 support
The IP Softphone 2050 supports 802.1Q with Windows 2000. By default, 
when 802.1Q is enabled, the priority bits of all frames are set to 6 and the 
VLAN ID is set to 0 (a restriction of Windows 2000).
For more information, see the “Nortel IP Softphone 2050” on page 205.
Three-port switch support
The section refers to the following IP Phones:
IP Phone 2002
IP Phone 2004
IP Phone 2007
IP Phone 1120E
IP Phone 1140E 
IP Phone 1150E
The three-port switch does not interpret the 802.1Q header, but rather, allows 
the packets to pass through unmodified. Priority is achieved on a per port 
basis. The phone “port” traffic has higher priority over the Ethernet port to 
which the PC is connected. 
An IP Phone can receive Broadcast frames from a PC’s data VLAN. Any data 
network broadcast storm packets from the network are seen by the IP Phone. 
Significant broadcast storms occurring on the DATA VLAN can impact IP 
Phone performance. See “Enhanced VLAN Tagging” on page 516 for 
configuration information to filter network activity from impacting IP Phone 
performance.
Enhanced 802.1P and 802.1Q support on the IP Phones improves voice 
quality by taking advantage of the VLAN filtering available on the three-port 
switch on the BCM 1100/1101/1103.