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D-Series CLI Reference 7-1
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802.1Q VLAN Configuration
ThischapterdescribestheDSeriessystem’scapabilitiestoimplement802.1QvirtualLANs
(VLANs).
VLAN Configuration Summary
VirtualLANsallowthenetworkadministratortopartitionnetworktrafficintologicalgroupsand
controltheflowoftha ttrafficthroughthenetwork.Oncethetrafficand,ineffect,theusers
creatingthetraffic,areassignedtoaVLAN,thenbroadcastandmulticasttrafficiscontained
withintheVLANandusers
canbeallowedordeniedaccesstoanyofthenetwork’sresources.
Also,someoralloftheportsonthedevicecanbeconfiguredasGVRPports,whichenableframes
receivedwithaparticularVLANIDandprotocoltobetransmittedonalimitednumberofports.
Thiskeeps
thetrafficassociatedwithaparticularVLANandprotocolisolatedfromtheotherparts
ofthenetwork.
Port String Syntax Used in the CLI
ForinformationonhowtodesignateVLANsandportnumbersintheCLIsyntax,refertoPort
StringSyntaxUsedintheCLIonpage 41.
Creating a Secure Management VLAN
Bydefaultatstartup,thereisoneVLANconfiguredontheDSeriesdevice.ItisVLANID1,the
DEFAULTVLAN.Thedefaultcommunityname,whichdeterminesremoteaccessforSNMP
management,issetto“public”withreadwriteaccess.
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VLAN Configuration Summary 7-1
Viewing VLANs 7-2
Creating and Naming Static VLANs 7-4
Assigning Port VLAN IDs (PVIDs) and Ingress Filtering 7-6
Configuring the VLAN Egress List 7-12
Setting the Host VLAN 7-17
Enabling/Disabling GVRP (GARP VLAN Registration Protocol) 7-19
Note: The device can support up to 1024 802.1Q VLANs. The allowable range for VLAN IDs is 1
to 4093. As a default, all ports on the device are assigned to VLAN ID 1, untagged.