Assigning Ports to VLANs
Configuring VLANs
page 4-6
OmniSwitch AOS Release 7 Network Configuration Guide
June 2013
Enabling/Disabling the VLAN Administrative Status
To enable or disable the administrative status for an existing VLAN, enter
vlan
followed by an existing
VLAN ID and either
enable
or
disable
.
-> vlan 7 admin-state disable
-> vlan 1 admin-state enable
When the administrative status for a VLAN is disabled, VLAN port assignments are retained but traffic is
not forwarded on these ports.
Modifying the VLAN Description
To change the description for a VLAN, enter
vlan
followed by an existing VLAN ID and the keyword
name
followed by the new description. For example, the following command changes the description for
VLAN 455 to “Marketing IP Network”:
-> vlan 455 name “Marketing IP Network”
Assigning Ports to VLANs
The OmniSwitch supports static assignment of physical switch ports to a VLAN. Once the assignment
occurs, a VLAN port association (VPA) is created and tracked by VLAN management software on each
switch. To view current VLAN port assignments in the switch configuration, use the
command.
Methods for statically assigning ports to VLANs include the following:
•
Using the
command to define a new configured default VLAN for fixed
ports. See
“Changing the Default VLAN Assignment for a Port” on page 4-7
.
•
Using the
command to define 802.1Q-tagged VLANs for fixed ports. This
method allows the switch to bridge traffic for multiple VLANs over one physical port connection. See
“Using 802.1Q Tagging” on page 4-7
.
•
Configuring ports as members of a link aggregate that is assigned to a configured default VLAN. (See
Chapter 7, “Configuring Static Link Aggregation,”
for more information.)