Intel EXPRESS 550T User Manual page 79

C H A P T E R 4
Changing VLAN mode
Advanced Configuration
To change the mode of operation of a VLAN:
1 Select VLAN/Routing Setup .
2 Click Advanced . The VLAN mode is shown.
3 Click the VLAN mode to see the full range of choices.
VLAN Mode
Stand-alone
Distributed
4 Click the new mode and make sure the rest of the details are
correct.
5 Click OK .
Your switch may turn blue (for a few seconds) while the net-
work stability returns; this is normal.
Description
For single switches: there is no exchange of
information with VLANs on other switches;
each switch is its own domain
(STDALONE).
For switches in a stack: there is an exchange
of information using VLANs between the
switches in the stack; these switches are in
their own domain (STDALONE).
A domain is a collection of switches and
can contain up to 128 VLANs. If you select
distributed, each switch will be able to com-
municate with all the others in this domain.
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