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Contents
PREFACE
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Figures
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Preface
USING THIS GUIDE
STRUCTURE OF THIS GUIDE
IMPORTANT NOTICE
RELATED DOCUMENTS
DOCUMENT CONVENTIONS
Virtual Local Area Networks
1.1 DEFININ G VLANs
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1.2 TYPES OF VLANs
1.2.1 802.1Q VLANs
1.2.2 SecureFast VLANs
1.2.3 Other VLAN Strategies
1.3 BENEFITS AND RESTRICTIONS
1.4 VLAN TERMS
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1.5 GETTING HELP
VLAN Operation
2.1 DESCRIPTION
2.2 VLAN COMPONENTS
2.3 CONFIGURATION PROCESS
2.3.1 Defining a VLAN
2.3.2 Classifying Frames to a VLAN
2.3.3 Customizing the VLAN Forwarding List
2.4 VLAN SWITCH OPERATION
2.4.1 Receiving Frames from VLAN Ports
2.4.2 Forwarding Decisions
2.4.2.1 Broadcasts, Multicasts, and Unknown Unicasts
2.4.2.2 Known Unicasts
2.5 GARP SWITCH OPERATION
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VLAN Configuration
3.1 MANAGING THE SWITCH
3.1.1 Switch Without VLANs
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802.1Q Switch
3.2 SUMMARY OF VLAN LOCAL MANAGEMENT
3.3 802.1Q VLAN CONFIGURATION MENU SCREEN
Menu Definitions
3.4 DEVICE VLAN CONFIGURATION SCREEN
Device VLAN Configuration Screen
3-8 VLAN Configuration
Figure 3-5 Device VLAN Configuration Screen
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3.4.1 Defining a VLAN
3.4.2 Changing the VLAN to FID Association
3.4.3 Renaming a VLAN
3.4.4 Deleting a VLAN
3.4.5 Enabling VLANs
3.4.6 Disabling VLANs
3.4.7 Changing the Forwarding Mode
3.4.8 Paging Through the VLAN List
Port Assignment Configuration Screen
3-14 VLAN Configuration
3.5 PORT ASSIGNMENT CONFIGURATION SCREEN
Figure 3-6 Port Assignment Configuration Screen
3.5.1 Changing the Port Mode
3.5.2 Assigning a VLAN ID
3.5.3 Paging Through the Port List
3.6 PORT FILTERING CONFIGURATION SCREEN
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3.6.1 Displaying VLAN IDs Associated with a Port
3.6.2 Selecting the Type of Filtering for a Port
3.7 VLAN FORWARDING CONFIGURATION SCREEN
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3.7.1 Viewing Current VLAN Ports
3.7.2 Paging Through VLAN Forwarding List Entries
3.7.3 Adding Forwarding List Entries
3.7.4 Deleting Forwarding List Entries
3.7.5 Changing the Frame Format
3.8 PROTOCOL VLAN CONFIGURATION SCREEN
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3.8.1 Displaying the Current Protocol, VLAN ID, and Port Assignments
3.8.2 Assigning a Protocol Family to a VLAN ID
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3.8.3 Displaying the Protocol Types on Current Ports
3.9 PROTOCOL PORTS CONFIGURATION SCREEN
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3.9.1 Adding/Deleting Ports Associated with a VLAN ID
3.10 QUICK VLAN WALKTHROUGH
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Quick VLAN Walkthrough
3-34 VLAN Configuration
Figure 3-12 Walkthrough Stage Two
NOTE: For the purposes of this walkthrough, port 10 will be configured as the trunk port.
Quick VLAN Walkthrough
VLAN Configuration 3-35
Figure 3-13 Walkthrough Stage Three
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Examples
4.1.1 Solving the Problem
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4.1.2 Frame Handling
4.2 EXAMPLE 2, VLANs ACROSS MULTIPLE SWITCHES
Example 2, VLANs Across Multiple Switches
4-4 Examples
Figure 4-3 Example 2, VLANs Across Multiple Switches
4.2.1 Solving the Problem
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4.2.2 Frame Handling
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4.3 EXAMPLE 3, 1D TRUNK CONNECTION TO 802.1Q VLAN NETWORK
Example 3, 1D Trunk Connection to 802.1Q VLAN Network
Examples 4-9
Figure 4-7 Example 3, 1D Trunk Connection to 802.1Q VLAN Network
4.3.1 Solving the Problem
4.3.2 Frame Handling
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4.4 EXAMPLE 4, ISOLATING NETWORK TRAFFIC ACCORDING TO PROTOCOL
Example 4, Isolating Network Traffic According to Protocol
Examples 4-15
Figure 4-11 Example 4, Isolating Traffic According to Protocol
4.4.1 Solving the Problem
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