Port-Based Virtual LANs (VLANs) and GVRP

Port-Based Virtual LANs (Static VLANs)

Menu: Configuring VLAN Parameters

In the factory default state, support is enabled for up to eight VLANs. (You can change the switch VLAN configuration to support up to 256 VLANs.) Also, all ports on the switch belong to the default VLAN (DEFAULT_VLAN) and are in the same broadcast/multicast domain. (The default VLAN is also the default primary VLAN—see “The Primary VLAN” on page 11-6.) In addition to the default VLAN, you can configure up to 255 other static VLANs by changing the “Maximum VLANs” parameter, adding new VLAN names and VIDs, and then assigning one or more ports to each VLAN. (The switch accepts a maximum of 256 VLANs, including the default VLAN and any dynamic VLANs the switch creates if you enable GVRP—page11-34.)Note that each port can be assigned to multiple VLANs by using VLAN tagging. (See “VLAN Tagging Information” on page 11-22.)

To Change VLAN Support Settings

This section describes:

Changing the maximum number of VLANs to support

Changing the primary VLAN selection (See “Changing the Primary VLAN” on page 11-18.)

Enabling or disabling dynamic VLANs (See “GVRP” on page 11-34.)

1.From the Main Menu select:

2.Switch Configuration

8.VLAN Menu . . .1.VLAN Support

You will then see the following screen:

Figure 11-6. The Default VLAN Support Screen

2.Press ￿￿￿ (for Edit), then do one or more of the following:

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