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Chapter12 Configuring VLANs
Configuring Normal-Range VLANs
These sections contain normal-range VLAN configuration information :
•Token Ring VLANs, page 12-5
•Normal-Range VLAN Configuration Guidelines, page 12-5
•VLAN Configuration Mode Options, page 12-6
•Saving VLAN Configuration, page 12-6
•Default Ethernet VLAN Configuration, page 12-7
•Creating or Modifying an Ethernet VLAN, page 12-8
•Deleting a VLAN, page 12-9
•Assigning Static-Access Ports to a VLAN, page 12-10
Token Ring VLANs
Although the switch does not support Token Ring connections, a remote device such as a Catalyst 5000
series switch with Token Ring connections could be managed from one of the supporte d switches.
Switches running VTP Version 2 advertise information about these Token Ring VLANs:
•Token Ring TrBRF VLANs
•Token Ring TrCRF VLANs
For more information on configuring Token Ring VLANs, see the Catalyst 5000 Series Software
Configuration Guide.
Normal-Range VLAN Configuration Guidelines
Follow these guidelines when creating and modifying normal-range VLANs in your network:
•The switch supports 255 VLANs in VTP client, server, and transparent modes.
•Normal-range VLANs are identified with a number between 1 and 1001. VLAN numbers 1002
through 1005 are reserved for Token Ring and FDDI VLANs.
•VLAN configuration for VLANs 1 to 1005 are always saved in the VLAN database. If the VTP mode
is transparent, VTP and VLAN configuration are also saved in the switch running configuration file.
•The switch also supports VLAN IDs 1006 through 4094 in VTP transparent mode (VTP disabled) .
These are extended-range VLANs and configuration options are limited. Extended-ra nge VLANs
are not saved in the VLAN database. See the “Configuring Extended-Range VLANs” section on
page 12-11.
•Before you can create a VLAN, the switch must be in VTP server mode or VT P transparent mode.
If the switch is a VTP server, you must define a VTP domain or VTP will not function.
•The switch does not support Token Ring or FDDI media. The switch does not forward FDD I,
FDDI-Net, TrCRF, or TrBRF traffic, but it does propagate the VLAN configuration throughVTP.
•The switch supports 128 spanning-tree instances. If a switch has more active VLANs than s upported
spanning-tree instances, spanning tree can be enabled on 128 V LANs and is disabled on the
remaining VLANs. If you have already used all available spanning-tree instances on a switch,
adding another VLAN anywhere in the VTP domain creates a VLAN on that switch that is not
running spanning-tree. If you have the default allowed list on the trunk ports of that sw itch (which
is to allow all VLANs), the new VLAN is carried on all trunk ports. Depending o n the topology of
the network, this could create a loop in the new VLAN that would not be broken, particularl y if there