HP T1453-90001 manual Configuration Process

Overview of Installation and Configuration

Configuration Process

Configuration Process

Following are the steps to configure HP-UX VLANs. These steps are for defining VLAN membership, assigning names, VLAN IDs, and port assignments. This procedure assumes that the switches can add VLAN tags:

1.Determine the network topology affected. Either draw the affected network topology or list it. Include all affected end stations--workstations and servers.

2.Define the VLANs. Decide, according to your requirements, which systems belong to which logical groups.

3.Assign VLAN IDs to each VLAN. Ensure that the assignments are consistent across endstations and switches; otherwise, stations will not communicate with each other. A VLAN ID can be any number between 0 and 4094 that is used only once within that port.

NOTE	The VLAN ID is not the same as the number of VLANs supported
	--HP-UX supports up to 1024 VLANS per LAN card port.

4.Determine which LAN card ports need tagged VLANs and which do not. Typically, you may need to put a server LAN card port in several VLANs while a desktop LAN card port can belong to just one VLAN.

5.Assign VLAN IDs to each LAN card port on end stations and switches. Mark VLANs on the switches as tagged or untagged according to the LAN card port to which they are connected.

6.On HP-UX servers that must belong to several VLANs, create VLANs on the corresponding LAN card ports.

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