6-4CHAPTER 6: CONFIGURING THE COREBUILDER 7000 FAMILY ATM SWITCH

Chassis-wide vLANs

With the Integrated Fast Setup, Virtual LANs (vLANs) can be created across the entire chassis. vLANs are set up in two stages. First, in the LE Client section, a number of potential vLANs are created according to the requirement of the network. Next, in the Virtual Network Configuration section, the potential vLANs become actual vLANs by having ports assigned to them.

You need to define an administration “admin” vLAN to maintain SNMP connectivity to each device in the network. Using the Integrated Fast Setup you define one admin vLAN for the chassis; there is no need to define separate admin vLANs for each interface card.

Note that from software version 3.5 on, the “admin” vLAN can now be called by any other name providing the same name is used consistently in the CB7000 and in all installed CB7X00 interface cards. When using the Integrated Fast Setup, the name for the admin vLAN which is specified for the switch module will be automatically chosen for the other modules housed in the same CoreBuilder 7000 family ATM switch chassis, overriding any existing admin vLAN names.

Setup Modes The Integrated Fast Setup provides two setup modes: the “Full” setup mode and the “Switch” setup mode.

Full Setup Mode

The Full setup mode configures both the CoreBuilder 7000 family ATM switch and the installed interface cards. It sets the required parameter values in all the installed interface cards. The Full setup mode presents only the most critical parameters; default values are assumed for the remaining parameters.

This method is recommended for most users, especially for initial setup.

Only those systems that require specific parameter settings in one or more of the installed interface cards will require the Switch setup mode described in the next section.

Switch Setup Mode

The Switch setup mode focuses only on the CoreBuilder 7000 family ATM switch and its ATM ports. The Switch setup mode is provided to allow you to retain special settings in the interface cards; it does not allow any of the installed interface card configurations to be changed. If you wish to

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3Com DUA3700-0BAA04 manual Chassis-wide vLANs, Full Setup Mode, Switch Setup Mode

DUA3700-0BAA04 specifications

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