Chapter 9 VLAN

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 21 Advanced Application > VLAN > VLAN Port Setting > Protocol Based VLAN Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Active

Check this box to activate this protocol based VLAN.

 

 

Port

Type a port number 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 Chapter 9 on page 117 for more details on setting up

 

VLANs.

 

 

Name

Enter up to 32 alphanumeric characters to identify this protocol based

 

VLAN.

 

 

Ethernet-

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

type

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 begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

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-

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

type

VLAN.

 

 

VID

This field shows the VLAN ID of the port.

 

 

Priority

This field shows the priority which is assigned to frames belonging to this

 

protocol based VLAN.

 

 

Delete

Click this to delete the protocol based VLANs which you marked for

 

deletion.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

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