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Chapter 4
Using VLAN Manager
VLAN Manager manages Spanning Tree Groups (STGs) and VLANs across devices in a network. Optivity Switch Manager is the starting point for VLAN Manager, and Optivity Switch Manager must be open to use VLAN Manager.
This chapter describes using VLAN Manager to manage VLANs on Passport and BayStack switches. The chapter includes the following information:
•What is VLAN Manager?, next
•Starting VLAN Manager (page 57)
•VLAN Manager window (page 57)
•Using VLAN Manager (page 63)
•Managing spanning tree groups (STGs) (page 79)
•Managing a VLAN (page 82)
•Highlighting STGs and VLANs in the Optivity Switch Manager contents pane (page 93)
What is VLAN Manager?
VLAN Manager enables you to manage VLAN and STG configurations across a single device or multiple devices. It supports the rcVlan and rcStg MIBs.
VLAN
A VLAN is a collection of ports on one or more switches that defines a broadcast domain. You can assign ports to a VLAN or you can create a policy VLAN, which determines the port’s membership in the VLAN based on the traffic entering that port. For example, in an IP
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