3Com 3C15500 - Network Director User Manual page 522

518 C 13: V
HAPTER LAN
M
ANAGEMENT
where:
Table 82 Show VLANs Toolbar VLAN Descriptions
Identifier
name
xxxx
The name component is restricted to 20 characters. When creating a
VLAN, all current 3Com switches allow up to 32 characters for the VLAN
name. Where a name is greater than 20 characters long, 3Com Network
Director uses an ellipsis ... at the end of the name to restrict it to 20
characters, the name is thus truncated to 17 characters.
One VLAN, configured with inconsistent names on multiple
switches
It is good practice to use the same VLAN name when configuring a VLAN
on multiple switches. However, if a consistent name has not been used
when configuring a VLAN on multiple switches, 3Com Network Director
will choose one of the names to refer to the VLAN. For example, with the
network below 3Com Network Director would have to choose between
using the name Engineering or Eng to refer to the VLAN:
Description
name specified by user when creating the VLAN
on the switches
VLAN ID specified by user when creating the
VLAN on the switches