4.3 VLAN Management

A virtual LAN, or VLAN, is a logical grouping that allows stations to communicate as if they were physically connected to a single LAN, independent of the actual physical configuration of a network. The IntraCore 35160 supports port-based VLANs, in compliance with the IEEE 802.1Q standard. The following sections describe how to configure and manage VLANs on the switch. For more information on VLANs, see Chapter 7 Switching Concepts.

4.3.1 VLAN Specifications for the IntraCore 35160 Series

The switch supports the following features of the IEEE 802.1Q standard:

•Port-based VLAN management

•Up to 1024 manually-configurable VLANs

•Default VLAN

•VLAN creation and deletion

•VLAN port member addition and deletion

•VLAN untagged set addition and deletion

•Configurable VID range: 2 to 4094

•Port VID configurable range: 1 to 4094

•Port ingress filtering

•Port admit frame type

•Independent VLAN learning (IVL)

•Shared VLAN learning (SVL)

•GVRP for dynamic VLAN learning (to be supported; later versions)

•Single STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) spanning multiple VLANs

•SNMP-based VLAN management

Other VLAN Features of the switch

•VLAN management security

•VLAN MAC address insertion and removal

•Console UI management of VLANs

•Web interface management of VLANs

The management operations allowed are as follows:

•Creation

•Deletion

•Name configuration

•VID change configuration

•Adding and deleting port members

•Adding and deleting untagged sets

•Sharing and unsharing VLANs

•Inserting and removing MAC addresses

•Toggling management access

To access the VLAN Management Menu, type v in the Configuration Menu. A screen similar to the following appears:

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