TOI Author :: Peter Thompson

User-defined TPIDs allows an arbitrary TPID (Tag Protocol Identifier) to be used with a FlexEncap specification. A TPID is used in Ethernet frames to identify the encapsulation protocol, where standard values like 0x8100 (for IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging) and 0x88a8 (for IEEE 802.1ad Q-in-Q) are commonly used. However, some network equipment may use non-standard or legacy values such as 0x9100. This feature allows FlexEncap subinterfaces to be configured with an arbitrary TPID to allow interfacing with networking equipment that uses values besides 0x8100 and 0x88a8.