H3C S5500-SI Series Operation Manual page 7

Operation Manual – VLAN
H3C S5500-SI Series Ethernet Switches
be an IP network segment and the VLAN interface can be the gateway to enable IP
address-based Layer 3 forwarding.
Follow these steps to configure VLAN interface basic attributes:
Enter system view
Create a VLAN interface
or enter VLAN interface
view
Configure an IP address
for the VLAN interface
Specify the descriptive
string for the VLAN
interface
Bring up the VLAN
interface
Note:
Before creating a VLAN interface, ensure that the corresponding VLAN already exists.
Otherwise, the specified VLAN interface will not be created.
To do...
system-view
interface
Vlan-interface
vlan-interface-id
ip address
ip-address { mask |
mask-length } [ sub ]
description text
undo shutdown
Use the
command...
—
Required
This command leads you to
VLAN interface view if the
VLAN interface already exists.
Optional
Not configured by default
Optional
VLAN interface name is used
by default, for example,
"Vlan-interface1 Interface".
Optional
By default, a VLAN interface is
up. The state of a VLAN
interface also depends on the
states of the ports in the VLAN.
If all the ports in the VLAN are
down, the VLAN interface is
down; if one or more ports in
the VLAN are up, the VLAN
interface is up.
If a VLAN interface is manually
shut down, the VLAN interface
is always down regardless of
the states of ports in the VLAN.
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Chapter 1 VLAN Configuration
Remarks