C H A P T E R 2 | Using the Intel® NetStructure™ 470T and 470F Switches |
Guidelines
•The switch treats aggregated links as a single port. This includes spanning tree and VLAN configurations.
•For the 470F: Anchor ports 1, 3, and 5 can each have up to four aggregated ports; anchor port 7 can have two.
•For the 470T: Anchor ports 1 and 3 can each have up to four aggregated ports; anchor ports 5 and 7 can each have two.
•All ports share the same settings as the anchor port. You can change anchor port settings, but you cannot configure other ports in the link.
•When a port is configured as a member of an aggregated link, it adopts the configuration of the anchor port. When a port is no longer a member of an aggregated link, the configuration is reset to the default settings
•If a port is part of an aggregated link, it cannot be configured as the target port for a port mirror. However, a port in an aggregated link can serve as the source port for a port mirror.
•When connecting to another switch, connect anchor port to anchor port, and member port to member port.
Virtual LANs
A Virtual LAN (VLAN) is a logical network grouping you can use to isolate network traffic so members of the VLAN receive traffic only from other members. Creating a VLAN is the virtual equivalent to physically moving a group of devices to a separate switch (creating a Layer 2 broadcast domain). With VLANs you can reduce broadcast traffic for the entire switch, and increase security, without changing the wiring of your network.
The 470 switches support three types of VLANs:
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Using the 470 Switch
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