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Configuring VLANs
Information About Configuring
VLANs
VLANs
A VLAN is a switched network that is logically segmented by function, project team, or application, without regard to the
physical locations of the users. VLANs have the same attributes as physical LANs, but you can group end stations even
if they are not physically located on the same LAN segment. Any switch port can belong to a VLAN, and unicast,
broadcast, and multicast packets are forwarded and flooded only to end stations in the VLAN. Each VLAN is considered
a logical network, and packets destined for stations that do not belong to the VLAN must be forwarded through a router
or a switch supporting fallback bridging, as shown in
. Because a VLAN is considered a separate
logical network, it contains its own bridge Management Information Base (MIB) information and can support its own
implementation of spanning tree. See
Note:
Before you create VLANs, you must decide whether to use VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) to maintain global VLAN
configuration for your network.
Figure 29
VLANs as Logically Defined Networks
VLANs are often associated with IP subnetworks. For example, all the end stations in a particular IP subnet belong to the
same VLAN. Interface VLAN membership on the switch is assigned manually on an interface-by-interface basis. When
you assign switch interfaces to VLANs by using this method, it is known as interface-based, or static, VLAN membership.
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Summary of Contents for IE 4000
Page 12: ...8 Configuration Overview Default Settings After Initial Switch Configuration ...
Page 52: ...48 Configuring Interfaces Monitoring and Maintaining the Interfaces ...
Page 108: ...104 Configuring Switch Clusters Additional References ...
Page 128: ...124 Performing Switch Administration Additional References ...
Page 130: ...126 Configuring PTP ...
Page 140: ...136 Configuring CIP Additional References ...
Page 146: ...142 Configuring SDM Templates Configuration Examples for Configuring SDM Templates ...
Page 192: ...188 Configuring Switch Based Authentication Additional References ...
Page 244: ...240 Configuring IEEE 802 1x Port Based Authentication Additional References ...
Page 298: ...294 Configuring VLANs Additional References ...
Page 336: ...332 Configuring STP Additional References ...
Page 408: ...404 Configuring DHCP Additional References ...
Page 450: ...446 Configuring IGMP Snooping and MVR Additional References ...
Page 490: ...486 Configuring SPAN and RSPAN Additional References ...
Page 502: ...498 Configuring Layer 2 NAT ...
Page 770: ...766 Configuring IPv6 MLD Snooping Related Documents ...
Page 930: ...926 Configuring IP Unicast Routing Related Documents ...
Page 976: ...972 Configuring Cisco IOS IP SLAs Operations Additional References ...
Page 978: ...974 Dying Gasp ...
Page 990: ...986 Configuring Enhanced Object Tracking Monitoring Enhanced Object Tracking ...
Page 994: ...990 Configuring MODBUS TCP Displaying MODBUS TCP Information ...
Page 996: ...992 Ethernet CFM ...
Page 1066: ...1062 Using an SD Card SD Card Alarms ...