C H A P T E R 4 Advanced Configuration

Adding a station to a

To place a station on the link between two switches or two stacks,

Switch VLAN Link

configure the station as a permanent entry. If you have a stack, right-

 

click a stack border and select Stack Setup instead of Device Setup:

 

1

Choose one of the switches, and select Device Setup>Per-

 

 

manent Entries>Add in Intel Device View.

 

2

Enter the MAC address.

 

3

Select the number of the port to which the link is connected.

 

4

Make a MAC address policy in the VLANs to which this station

 

 

is joining.

Changing VLAN domain

This is relevant only for a Distributed VLAN. To change the domain

name

name for all VLANs:

 

1

Select VLAN/Routing Setup.

 

2

Click Advanced The VLAN mode is highlighted.

 

3

Double-click the VLAN Domain Name, and type the new

 

 

domain name (note that domain names are case sensitive).

 

4

Click OK.

Changing the priority of This is relevant only for a Distributed VLAN. You can specify a

the serverswitch in the domain to be the VLAN database server. The switch with the lowest value will be the server. To change the priority:

1Select VLAN/Routing Setup.

2Click Advanced. The VLAN mode is highlighted.

3Double-click the Server priority, and type the new value.

If two switches have the same priority, the switch with the low- est MAC address will be the server.

4Click OK.

Changing the time before This is relevant only for a Distributed VLAN. After receiving a pack-

the server is removed et from the server, the switch/stack waits for a specific length of time before it assumes the server is lost. The switch/stack then starts to lis- ten for a new server and, if none is found, it becomes the server. To change the length of time before the server is assumed to be lost:

1Select VLAN/Routing Setup.

2Click Advanced. The VLAN mode is highlighted.

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Intel 550F Choose one of the switches, and select Device SetupPer, Manent EntriesAdd in Intel Device View, Is joining

550F specifications

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