VLAN Configuration
Use the VLAN Configuration page to define VLAN groups stored in the VLAN membership table. Each switch in the ProSafe® Managed Switches family supports up to 1024 VLANs. Only one VLAN is created by default, VLAN 1 is the only one created:
• VLAN 1 is the default VLAN of which all ports are members.
To display the VLAN Configuration page, click Switching VLAN Basic VLAN Configuration.
1. Reset Configuration - If you select this checkbox and click the APPLY button, all VLAN
configuration parameters will be reset to their factory default values. Also, all VLANs, except for the default VLAN, will be deleted. The factory default values are:
• All ports are assigned to the default VLAN of 1. • All ports are configured with a PVID of 1.
• All ports are configured to an Acceptable Frame Types value of Admit All Frames. • All ports are configured with Ingress Filtering disabled.
• All ports are configured to transmit only untagged frames.
Internal VLAN Configuration
This section displays the allocation base and the allocation mode of internal VLAN. The internal VLAN is reserved by port-based routing interface and invisible to the end user. Once these internal VLANs are allocated by port-based routing interface, they are cannot be assigned to a routing VLAN interface.
1. Use Internal VLAN Allocation Base to specify the VLAN Allocation Base for the routing
interface. The default base of the internal VLAN is 1 to 4093.
2. Use the optional Internal VLAN Allocation Policy field to specify a policy for the internal
VLAN allocation. There are two policies supported: ascending and descending. VLAN Configuration
1. Use VLAN ID to specify the VLAN Identifier for the new VLAN. The range of the VLAN
ID is 1 to 4093.
2. Use the optional VLAN Name field to specify a name for the VLAN. It can be up to 32
alphanumeric characters long, including blanks. The default is blank. VLAN ID 1 always has a name of 'Default'.
3. Click ADD to add a new VLAN to the switch.
4. Click DELETE to delete a selected VLAN from the switch.
Field Description
VLAN Type This field identifies the type of the VLAN you are configuring. You cannot change the type of the default VLAN (VLAN ID = 1): it is always type 'Default'. When you create a VLAN, using this screen, its type will always be 'Static'. A VLAN that is created by GVRP registration initially has a type of 'Dynamic'. When configuring a Dynamic VLAN, you can change its type to 'Static'.
Advanced
From the Advanced link, you can access the following pages:
• VLAN Configuration on page97
• VLAN Membership on page100
• VLAN Status on page101
• Port PVID Configuration on page103
• MAC Based VLAN on page104
• Protocol Based VLAN Group Configuration on page105
• Protocol Based VLAN Group Membership on page106
• IP Subnet Based VLAN on page107
• Port DVLAN Configuration on page108
• Voice VLAN Configuration on page108
• GARP Switch Configuration on page110
• GARP Port Configuration on page110
VLAN Configuration
To display the VLAN Configuration page, click Switching VLAN Advanced VLAN Configuration.
Reset Configuration - If you select this button and confirm your selection on the next screen, all VLAN configuration parameters will be reset to their factory default values. Also, all VLANs, except for the default VLAN, will be deleted. The factory default values are:
• All ports are configured to an Acceptable Frame Types value of Admit All Frames. • All ports are configured with Ingress Filtering disabled.
• All ports are configured to transmit only untagged frames.
• GVRP is disabled on all ports and all dynamic entries are cleared.
Internal VLAN Configuration
This page displays the allocation base and the allocation mode of internal VLAN. The internal VLAN is reserved by port-based routing interface and invisible to the end user. Once these internal VLANs are allocated by port-based routing interface, they are cannot be assigned to a routing VLAN interface.
1. Use Internal VLAN Allocation Base to specify the VLAN Allocation Base for the routing
interface. The default base of the internal VLAN is 1 to 4093.
2. Use the optional Internal VLAN Allocation Policy field to specify a policy for the internal
VLAN allocation. There are two policies supported: ascending and descending.
VLAN Membership
To display the VLAN Membership page, click Switching VLAN Advanced VLAN Membership.
To configure VLAN membership:
1. Use VLAN ID to select the VLAN ID for which you want to display or configure data. 2. Use Group Operation to select all the ports and configure them:
• Untag All - Select all the ports on which all frames transmitted for this VLAN will be
untagged. All the ports will be included in the VLAN.
• Tag All - Select the ports on which all frames transmitted for this VLAN will be tagged.
All the ports will be included in the VLAN.
• Remove All - All the ports that may be dynamically registered in this VLAN via GVRP.
This selection has the effect of excluding all ports from the selected VLAN.
• T(Tagged) - Select the ports on which all frames transmitted for this VLAN will be
tagged. The ports that are selected will be included in the VLAN.
• U(Untagged) - Select the ports on which all frames transmitted for this VLAN will be
untagged. The ports that are selected will be included in the VLAN.
• BLANK(Autodetect) - Select the ports that may be dynamically registered in this
VLAN via GVRP. This selection has the effect of excluding a port from the selected