Creating a protocol-based VLAN
To create a protocol-based VLAN:
- From the Device Manager menu bar, choose VLAN > VLANs.
| The VLAN dialog box opens to the Basic tab. |
- In the Basic tab, click Insert.
- In the Type field, click byProtocolId.
| The dialog box activates additional fields needed to set up protocol-based VLANs. |
- In the ID field, type the unique VLAN ID, or use the ID provided.
- (Optional) In the Name field, type the VLAN name, or use the name provided.
- (Optional) In the Color Identifier field, select the color, or use the color provided.
| This color is used by VLAN Manager to visually distinguish the VLANs in a network. |
- In the StgID field, select the spanning tree group ID of the VLAN.
- To specify the VLAN port membership, click the ellipsis (...) for one of the following fields.
- Port Members
- StaticMembers
- NotAllowedToJoin
| The VlanPortMembers dialog box opens. |
- In the VlanPortMembers dialog box, click each port button to achieve the desired membership color.
- Yellow: Potential members--dynamic. Potential members are treated as always members.
- Green: Always members--static
- Red: Never members--not allowed to join
When you have two VLANs with potential members and you want to move ports from one VLAN to the other, you must first change their port membership to Never. Then you can assign the ports to the other VLAN. This requirement applies to both the 8600 modules and 8100 modules.
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Note:
When a protocol-based VLAN is created, all ports in the underlying STG will automatically be added as potential members if they are not already members of an existing protocol-based VLAN of the same type.
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Note:
In a protocol-based VLAN for an 8600 module, a potential member becomes an active member of the VLAN when a frame of the specified protocol is received.
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- Click OK.
| The VlanPortMembers dialog box closes and the port members are added to the Insert Basic dialog box. |
- In the ProtocolID field, select a protocol ID.
- Do one of the following:
- For 8100 modules, go to Step 13.
- For 8600 modules, in the AgingTime field, specify the timeout period, in seconds, for aging out the dynamic member ports of the VLAN, or use the default of 600 seconds.
- In the QosLevel field, click a level (0-7).
- Click Insert.
| The VLAN, Insert Basic dialog box closes, and the protocol-based VLAN is added to the Basic tab of the VLAN dialog box. |
- Do one of the following:
- If you are configuring an 8600 module, click Close.
| The VLAN is configured and the VLAN dialog box closes. |
- If you are configuring an 8100 module, use one of the following procedures to configure routing:
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