Within the Dell EMC PowerStore Initial Configuration Wizard (ICW), setting a VLAN ID to 0 for a network interface specifies that the traffic for that network will be untagged. This is the standard method to configure an interface to operate on the native VLAN of the connected physical switch port. According to IEEE 802.1Q standards, VLAN IDs 1-4094 are used for tagging frames to identify their VLAN membership. A value of 0 is used by the PowerStore system to indicate that no VLAN tag should be applied to the outgoing Ethernet frames.

A. Default route is set: A default route is a Layer 3 routing configuration, which is distinct from the Layer 2 VLAN tagging setting.

B. Network will pass tagged traffic: This is incorrect. Tagged traffic requires a specific, non-zero VLAN ID (typically 1-4094) to be assigned.

D. Static route is set: Similar to a default route, a static route is a Layer 3 configuration and is independent of the VLAN ID.

1. Dell PowerStore: Networking Guide for PowerStore T Models (for PowerStoreOS 3.5)

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Section: "Management network". The guide states: "The management network can be configured with or without a VLAN ID. If no VLAN ID is configured

the management traffic is untagged." In the ICW user interface

setting the VLAN ID to 0 is the implementation for selecting an untagged network.

2. Dell PowerStore: Planning Guide (for PowerStoreOS 3.0)

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Section: "Network considerations". This guide details the need to plan for either tagged or untagged networks. It clarifies that using a VLAN ID is for tagged traffic

implicitly confirming that not using a specific ID (i.e.

setting it to 0) results in untagged traffic.