Chapter 16

Configuring VLANs

This chapter describes how to configure Virtual LANs (VLANs) on the HP 9304M, HP 9308M, and HP 6308M-SX routing switches and the HP 6208M-SX switch.

The “Overview” section provides basic information about the VLAN options. Following this section, other sections provide configuration procedures and examples.

To display configuration information for VLANs, see “Displaying VLAN Information” on page 16-57.

For complete syntax information for the CLI commands shown in this chapter, see the Command Line Interface Reference.

Most of the configuration examples in this chapter are based on CLI commands. For Web management procedures, see “Configuring VLANs Using the Web Management Interface” on page 16-50.

Overview

This section describes the VLAN features. Configuration procedures and examples appear in later sections of this chapter.

Types of VLANs

You can configure the following types of VLANs.

•Layer 2 port-based VLAN – a set of physical ports that share a common, exclusive Layer 2 broadcast domain

•Layer 3 protocol VLANs – a subset of ports within a port-based VLAN that share a common, exclusive broadcast domain for Layer 3 broadcasts of the specified protocol type

•IP sub-net VLANs – a subset of ports in a port-based VLAN that share a common, exclusive sub-net broadcast domain for a specified IP sub-net

•IPX network VLANs – a subset of ports in a port-based VLAN that share a common, exclusive network broadcast domain for a specified IPX network

•AppleTalk cable VLANs – a subset of ports in a port-based VLAN that share a common, exclusive network broadcast domain for a specified AppleTalk cable range

16 - 1