Network-Wide Multidevice Vlan Configuration - Extreme Networks EPICenter Guide Manual

Managing VLANs

Network-wide Multidevice VLAN Configuration

Through the EPICenter VLAN Manager you can configure VLANs across multiple devices on your
network in a single operation. When you create a VLAN in the VLAN Manager, you can specify ports
from all the devices that should participate in the VLAN in one operation, and EPICenter will configure
the VLAN on all the devices and ports you specify. You do not need to create the VLAN separately on
each device.
To create a VLAN in the VLAN Manager, click the Add button to open the Add VLAN dialog.
Figure 40 shows an example of the Add VLAN dialog, illustrating how you can specify ports from
multiple devices when you create the VLAN.
Figure 40: Creating a VLAN and defining port membership across multiple devices
Under the Properties & Ports tab of the Add VLAN dialog, EPICenter provides a list of all the switches
and ports that are available to be added to the VLAN. You can select ports from each switch on which
the VLAN should be configured, and add them to the Ports in VLAN list, either as tagged or untagged
ports.
You can use the Connect Device button to have EPICenter determine whether a path exists between a
device and port you have selected to add, and other devices and ports in the VLAN. The Connect
Devices function looks for a path between a selected device and port and other members of the VLAN.
If it finds a path, it displays a Connection Information window that displays information about the
path. It can also determine whether additional ports, or devices and ports, need to be added to the
VLAN to accomplish the needed connection. Figure 41 shows an example of this type of information.
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