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Chapter 9 Configuring VLANs
Configuring Normal-Range VLANs
VLAN Port Membership Modes
You configure a port to belong to a VLAN by assigning a membership mode that specifies the kind of
traffic the port carries and the number of VLANs to which it can belong.
lists the membership
modes and membership and VTP characteristics.
For more detailed definitions of access and trunk modes and their functions, see
When a port belongs to a VLAN, the switch learns and manages the addresses associated with the port
on a per-VLAN basis. For more information, see the
“Managing the MAC Address Table” section on
.
Configuring Normal-Range VLANs
Normal-range VLANs are VLANs with VLAN IDs 1 to 1005. If the switch is in VTP server or
VTP transparent mode, you can add, modify or remove configurations for VLANs 2 to 1001 in the
VLAN database. (VLAN IDs 1 and 1002 to 1005 are automatically created and cannot be removed.)
Note
When the switch is in VTP transparent mode, you can also create extended-range VLANs (VLANs with
IDs from 1006 to 4094), but these VLANs are not saved in the VLAN database. See the
Extended-Range VLANs” section on page 9-11
Configurations for VLAN IDs 1 to 1005 are written to the file
vlan.dat
(VLAN database), and you can
display them by entering the
show vlan
privileged EXEC command. The
vlan.dat
file is stored in flash
memory.
Table 9-1
Port Membership Modes and Characteristics
Membership Mode
VLAN Membership Characteristics
VTP Characteristics
Static-access
A static-access port can belong to one VLAN and is
manually assigned to that VLAN.
For more information, see the
Ports to a VLAN” section on page 9-10
VTP is not required. If you do not want VTP
to globally propagate information, set the
VTP mode to transparent. To participate in
VTP, there must be at least one trunk port
on the switch connected to a trunk port of a
second switch.
Trunk
(IEEE 802.1Q)
A trunk port is a member of all VLANs by default,
including extended-range VLANs, but membership can
be limited by configuring the allowed-VLAN list. You
can also modify the pruning-eligible list to block flooded
traffic to VLANs on trunk ports that are included in the
list.
For information about configuring trunk ports, see the
“Configuring an Ethernet Interface as a Trunk Port”
section on page 9-16
VTP is recommended but not required. VTP
maintains VLAN configuration consistency
by managing the addition, deletion, and
renaming of VLANs on a network-wide
basis. VTP exchanges VLAN configuration
messages with other switches over trunk
links.