106Chapter 5 Creating and managing VLANs

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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