Nortel Networks 214393-A Creating VLANs, VLAN Information, VLAN dialog box, Field, Description

106Chapter 5 Creating and managing VLANs

Creating VLANs

Device Manager enables you to create a port-based VLAN.

VLAN Information

To open the VLAN dialog box:

➨From the Device Manager menu bar, choose VLAN > VLANs. The VLAN dialog box opens (Figure 48).

Figure 48 VLAN dialog box

Table 40 describes the VLAN dialog box fields.

Table 40 VLAN dialog box fields

Field	Description
Id	The VLAN ID for the VLAN (unlabeled farthest left column).
Name	Name of the VLAN.
Color	An administratively-assigned color code for the VLAN. The value of
	this object is used by the VLAN Manager GUI tool to select a color
	when it draws this VLAN on the screen.
Type	Indicates the type of VLAN: byPort.
StgId	Spanning tree group ID to which the VLAN belongs.
PortMembers	Ports that are members of the VLAN.
ActiveMember	Set of ports that are currently active in the VLAN. Active ports include
	all static ports and any dynamic ports where the VLAN policy was met.

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