Chapter 7 VLAN
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
7.5.6.2 Create an IP-based VLAN Example
This example shows you how to create an IP VLAN which includes ports 1, 4 and 8. Follow these
steps using the screen below:
1
Activate this protocol based VLAN.
2
Type the port number you want to include in this protocol based VLAN. Type 1.
3
Give this protocol-based VLAN a descriptive name. Type IP-VLAN.
4
Select the protocol. Leave the default value IP.
5
Type the VLAN ID of an existing VLAN. In our example we already created a static VLAN with an ID
of 5. Type 5.
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Advanced Application > VLAN > VLAN Port Setting > Protocol Based VLAN Setup
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Active
Select this check 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
for more details on setting up VLANs.
Name
Enter up to 32 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 Application > VLAN > Static VLAN screen.
Priority
Select the priority level that the Switch will assign to frames belonging to this VLAN.
Add
Click this to create a new entry or to update an existing one.
This saves 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-type
This field shows which Ethernet protocol is part of this protocol based 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.