Nortel Networks 10BASE-T manual Vlan Configuration Menu

Using the Console Interface

VLAN Configuration Menu

The VLAN Configuration Menu screen (Figure 3-16) allows you to select the appropriate screen to configure up to 64 VLANs (VLAN 1 is port-based, by default). You can configure as many as 63 protocol-based VLANs, with up to 15 different protocols. The number of different protocols you can configure depends on the number of hexadecimal values (PID values) associated with the protocol type (some protocol types use more than one PID value, see Table 3-14 on page 3-45).

Note: The BayStack 410-24T switch ports do not have the ability to assign incoming untagged frames to a protocol-based VLAN (see “Gigabit Ports and BayStack 410-24T Switch Ports Restriction” on page 3-47).

When you create VLANs, you can assign various ports (and therefore the devices attached to these ports) to different broadcast domains. Creating VLANs increases network flexibility by allowing you to reassign devices to accommodate network moves, additions, and changes, eliminating the need to change physical cabling.

See “IEEE 802.1Q VLAN Workgroups” on page 1-38 for detailed information about configuring VLANs.

Choose VLAN Configuration (or press v) from the Switch Configuration Menu screen to open the VLAN Configuration Menu.

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