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Figure 39 Protocol Based VLAN

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 18 Protocol Based VLAN Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Check this box to activate this protocol based VLAN.

 

 

Port

Type a port to be included in this protocol based VLAN.

 

This port must belong to a static VLAN in order to participate in a protocol based

 

VLAN. See Section 8.1 on page 81 for more details on setting up VLANs.

Name

Enter up to 11 alphanumeric characters to identify this protocol based VLAN.

 

 

Ethernet-type

Use the drop down list box to select a predefined protocol to be included in this

 

protocol based VLAN or select Others and type the protocol number in hexadecimal

 

notation. For example the IP protocol in hexadecimal notation is 0800, and Novell IPX

 

protocol is 8137.

 

Note: Protocols in the hexadecimal number range of 0x0000 to 0x05ff

 

are not allowed to be used for protocol based VLANs.

VID

Enter the ID of a VLAN to which the port belongs. This must be an existing VLAN

 

which you defined in the Advanced Applications, VLAN screens.

Priority

Select the priority level that the switch will assign to frames belonging to this VLAN.

 

 

Add

Click Add to save your changes to the switch’s run-time memory. The switch loses

 

these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top

 

navigation panel to save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done

 

configuring.

Cancel

Click Cancel to reset the fields.

 

 

Index

This is the index number identifying this protocol based VLAN. Click on any of these

 

numbers to edit an existing protocol based VLAN.

Active

This field shows whether the protocol based VLAN is active or not.

 

 

Port

This field shows which port belongs to this protocol based VLAN.

 

 

Name

This field shows the name the protocol based VLAN.

 

 

Ethernet Type

This field shows which Ethernet protocol is part of this protocol based VLAN.

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