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2 VLAN Configuration
VLAN Configuration
Configuration Task List
Complete the following tasks to configure VLAN:
Task Remarks
Basic VLAN Configuration Required
Basic VLAN Interface Configuration Optional
Displaying and Maintaining VLAN Optional
Basic VLAN Configuration
Follow these steps to make basic VLAN configuration:
To do… Use the command… Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Create multiple VLANs in
batch
vlan { vlan-id1 to vlan-id2 |
all }
Optional
Create a VLAN and enter
VLAN view
vlan vlan-id
Required
By default, there is only one VLAN, that
is, the default VLAN (VLAN 1).
Assign a name for the
current VLAN
name text
Optional
By default, the name of a VLAN is its
VLAN ID. “VLAN 0001” for example.
Specify the description
string of the current VLAN
description text
Optional
By default, the description string of a
VLAN is its VLAN ID. “VLAN 0001” for
example.
z VLAN 1 is the system default VLAN, which needs not to be created and cannot be removed, either.
z The VLAN you created in the way described above is a static VLAN. On the switch, there are
dynamic VLANs which are registered through GVRP. For details, refer to “GVRP” part of this
manual.
z When you use the vlan command to create VLANs, if the destination VLAN is an existing dynamic
VLAN, it will be transformed into a static VLAN and the switch will output the prompt information.
