Install guide

Rapier Layer 3 Gigabit Switch Software Release 2.1.0 27
Rapier Switch Software Release 2.1.0
C613-10200-01 Rev A
VLANs are created and destroyed with the commands:
CREATE VLAN=vlanname VID=2..4094
DESTROY VLAN={vlanname|2..4094|ALL}
The VLAN parameter specifies a unique name for the VLAN. This name can be
more meaningful than the VID, to make administration easier. The VLAN
name is only used within the switch; it is not transmitted to other VLAN-aware
devices, or used in the Forwarding Process or kept in the Forwarding Database.
The VID parameter specifies a unique VLAN IDentifier for the VLAN. If
VLAN-tagged ports are added to this VLAN, the specified VID is used in the
VID field of the tag in outgoing frames. If VLAN-untagged ports are added to
this VLAN, the specified VID only acts as an identifier for the VLAN in the
Forwarding Database. The default port based VLAN has a VID of 1.
By default, all ports on the switch belong to the default VLAN. Any untagged
ports in the default VLAN port can be added untagged to another VLAN, and
are then automatically removed from the default VLAN. A port can only be
untagged for one VLAN. An untagged port deleted from a VLAN is returned
to the default VLAN if it is not a tagged member of any other VLANs.
Untagged ports are added to and removed from VLANs with these commands:
ADD VLAN={vlanname|2..4094} PORT=port-list
DELETE VLAN={vlanname|2..4094} PORT=port-list
As a VLAN-untagged frame is admitted on a port, the VID of the VLAN for
which the port is untagged is associated with the frame. This VID is used to
forward the frame only to the ports in the same VLAN.
Figure 10 shows two VLANs. Ports 1-3 belong to one broadcast domain, the
Marketing VLAN and ports 14-16 belong to another broadcast domain, the
Training VLAN. The switch acts as two separate bridges: one that forwards
between the ports belonging to the Marketing VLAN, and a second one that
forwards between the ports belonging to the Training VLAN. Devices on in the
Marketing VLAN can only communicate with devices in the Training VLAN
by using the switch’s routing functions.