Vlan Examples - Dell PowerConnect 5224 System User's Manual

VLAN Examples

The following four examples demonstrate typical web-interface VLAN configurations for the switch.
Example 1 demonstrates a simple two-group VLAN setup.
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Example 2 demonstrates a more elaborate setup, illustrating all possible scenarios for a comprehensive understanding of tagged VLANs.
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Examples 3 and 4 show how GVRP can be used to automatically propagate VLANs across a network.
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Example 1
Example 1 illustrates a simple two-group VLAN setup.
1. In the VLAN Membership page, select Add a new VLAN from the Show VLAN drop-down menu.
2. In the Name box, type New to represent the new VLAN.
3. In the VLAN ID box, type 2 for the new VLAN.
4. Click Apply Changes to create the new VLAN.
5. Select VLAN 2 from the Show VLAN drop-down menu.
Because there are no ports in the new VLAN, all the port and trunk toggle buttons are blank.
6. Click the toggle buttons in the Static row under the port/trunk numbers to select the desired port members of the new VLAN.
7. Click Apply Changes to confirm the settings.
8. To allow untagged packets to participate in the new VLAN, change the Port VLAN IDs for the relevant ports in the Port Settings page.
9. Click Apply Changes to save any changes. Click Refresh if you don't want to save the changes.