Example 3 - 3Com 1000 User Manual

Example 3

The example shown in
VLANs spanning three Switch 1000 units and a
basement Switch 3000 FX with a Plug-in Module.
Each Switch 1000 connects into the basement
Switch using a VLT. The attached router allows the
two VLANs to communicate with each other.
To set up this configuration:
Use the VT100 screens or VLAN Server database to:
1
Place ports 1–6 and 13–18 of all the Switch 1000
a
units in VLAN 1.
Place ports 7–12 and 19–24 of all the Switch
b
1000 units in VLAN 2.
Connect a port on each Switch 1000 to a port in
2
the Switch 3000 FX.
Use the VT100 screens to:
3
Specify that each Switch 1000 port connected to
a
the Switch 3000 FX is a backbone port.
Specify that each Switch 1000 port connected to
b
the Switch 3000 FX is a VLT port.
Specify that each Switch 3000 FX port con-
c
nected to a Switch 1000 is a VLT port.
Connect port 1 of the Switch 3000 FX to Server 1.
4
Connect port 2 of the Switch 3000 FX to Server 2.
5
Use the VT100 screens or VLAN Server database to:
6
Place port 1 of the Switch 3000 FX in VLAN 1.
a
Place port 2 of the Switch 3000 FX in VLAN 2.
b
Figure 5-7 illustrates two
Figure 5-7 VLAN configuration with a basement Switch 3000 FX
Connect two spare ports on the Switch 3000 FX to
7
the router.
Use the VT100 screens or VLAN Server database to
8
specify that one Switch 3000 FX port connected to
the router is placed in VLAN 1, and the other is
placed in VLAN 2.
Virtual LANs (VLANs) 5-7