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Using the Business Policy Switch 2000 Version 1.2
If you are working with more than 64 VLANs in a Pure BPS 2000 Stack and you
change to a Hybrid Stack, you lose all VLANs. However, if you have up to 64
VLANs in the Pure BPS 2000 Stack and you change to a Hybrid Stack, you will
retain all the VLANs.
To have more than 64 VLANs available, you must be operating in Pure BPS 200
Stack mode; you cannot be in Hybrid mode. The 256 VLANs are supported on
either a standalone BPS 2000 with software version 1.2 or across a Pure BPS2000
Stack with software version 1.2.
Before you begin configuring more than 64 VLANs, you must ensure that you are
operating in Pure BPS 2000 Stack mode, and not in Hybrid Stack mode. For
information on viewing and setting the stack operational mode, refer to Chapter 3,
Using Web-based Management for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Software
Version 1.2, or Reference for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Management
Software Version 1.2.
Refer to Chapter 2, “Network configuration,” for more information on VLANs.
For information on configuring VLANs using the CI menus, refer to Chapter 3. To
configure this feature using the Web-based management system, refer to Using
Web-based Management for the Business Policy Switch 2000 Software Version
1.2. To use Device Manager (DM) to configure VLANs, refer to Reference for the
Business Policy Switch 2000 Management Software Version 1.2. And, to
configure this feature using CLI commands, refer to Reference for the Business
Policy Switch 2000 Command Line Interface Software Version 1.2.
SecurityThe Business Policy Switch security features provide three levels of security for
your local area network (LAN):
•RADIUS-based security—limits administrative access to the switch through
user authentication
•MAC address-based security— limits access to the switch based on allowed
source MAC addresses