Quick VLAN Walkthrough

12.10 QUICK VLAN WALKTHROUGH

The procedures below provide a short tutorial walkthrough that presents each of the steps necessary to configure a new Static VLAN. These steps include the following:

Assigning a VLAN ID and VLAN Name

Assigning ports to the VLAN Egress list

Configuring the port parameters

You may want to follow this walkthrough from start to finish before attempting to configure your own VLANs. This walkthrough begins at the 802.1Q VLAN Configuration Menu screen.

Assigning a VLAN ID and VLAN Name

1.On the 802.1Q VLAN Configuration Menu screen, use the arrow keys to highlight the STATIC VLAN CONFIGURATION menu item. Press ENTER. The Static VLAN Configuration screen displays.

2.On the Static VLAN Configuration screen, use the arrow keys to highlight the VLAN ID field at the bottom of the screen. Assign a number for a new VLAN by typing the number “2” in the VLAN ID field. A Filtering Database Identified (FDB ID) will automatically be assigned to the

VLAN ID.

3.Use the arrow keys to highlight the VLAN Name field at the bottom of the screen. Type “TEST VLAN” in the VLAN Name field. Press ENTER.

4.Use the arrow keys to highlight the ADD command field at the bottom of the screen. Press ENTER. The new VLAN is created and added to the list in the screen as shown in Figure 12-6.

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