Assign An Ip Address To A Vlan; Connecting The S4820T To The Network - Dell Force10 S4820T System Getting Started Manual

Assign an IP Address to a VLAN

VLANs are a Layer 2 feature. For two physical interfaces on different VLANs
to communicate, you must assign an IP address to the VLANs to route traffic
between the two interfaces. The shutdown command in INTERFACE mode
does not affect Layer 2 traffic on the interface.
NOTE: You cannot assign an IP address to the Default VLAN, which, by default,
is VLAN 1. To assign another VLAN ID to the Default VLAN, use the default
vlan-id vlan-id command.
To assign an IP address to a VLAN, follow this step:
Task
Configure an IP address
and mask on the interface.

Connecting the S4820T to the Network

After you have completed the hardware installation and software configuration
for the S4820T system, you can connect to your company network by following
your company's cabling requirements.
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Performing the Initial Configuration
Command Syntax
ip address ip-address mask
[secondary]
Command Mode
INTERFACE