Configuring a port VLAN

To configure a port-based Virtual LAN (VLAN), perform the following steps.

  1. Click Configure on the left pane and select VLAN .
  2. Click Port .

    The Port VLAN window is displayed as shown in the figure below. You can limit the number of VLANs displayed per page using the VLANs per page list.

    Configuring port VLANs

  3. Click Add Port VLAN .

    The Add Port VLAN window is displayed as shown in the figure below.

    Note: Port-based VLAN cannot be configured, if the VLAN does not have any ports assigned to it.
    Note: Web management interface displays only the active VLANs with port members.

    Adding port VLANs

  4. Type the VLAN identifier of the port in the Vlan Id field.
  5. Type the port VLAN name in the Name field.
  6. Click Disable or Enable for Spanning Tree .
  7. Click Disable or Enable for 802.1W .
  8. Select a virtual routing interface in the Router Interface list.
  9. Click Add .

    The Add Ports to VLAN window is displayed as shown in the figure below.

    Adding ports to VLANs

  10. Select a Unit ID from the Select Unit list and click Get Ports to retrieve the list of ports corresponding to the selected Unit ID.
    A message is displayed to indicate that the operation does not change the running configuration.
  11. To select the VLAN ports, select the Select a range check box, select the range of VLAN ports in the From and To lists, and click Tagged or Untagged , or select the Select one port check box, select a port-based VLAN in the list, and click Tagged or Untagged .
  12. Click Add .

    The Selected VLAN Ports window is displayed as shown in the figure below.

    Selected VLAN ports

  13. The selected VLAN ports are displayed in the Selected VLAN Ports list. Click Remove Ports or Remove All to delete the VLAN ports.
    Note: The VLAN configuration is retained even if the last port member is deleted.
  14. You can add more VLAN ports from the Select VLAN Ports pane. To do so, complete step 10 and step 11.
  15. Click Finish to return to the Port VLAN window with the configured port-based VLAN displayed, or click Continue to configure selected ports for dual mode and uplink. The Configure Selected Ports for VLAN window is displayed as shown in the figure below.

    Configuring dual mode and uplink for ports

  16. To configure dual mode and uplink for the ports, perform the following steps.
    1. Select the ports for which you want to configure the dual mode in the From and To lists for Dual Mode . Click Disable or Enable and then click Apply . The configured ports are displayed in the Dual Mode Ports list.
    2. Select the ports for which you want to configure uplink in the From and To lists for Uplink Switch . Click Disable or Enable and then click Apply . The configured ports are displayed in the Uplink Ports list.
    3. Click Finish .

      The configured port VLAN is displayed in the Port VLAN window. To cancel the VLAN port configuration and return to the Port VLAN window, click Cancel .

Parent topic: Configuring VLAN