User`s guide

Chapter 3: VLAN Configuration
3-2 DIGITAL MultiSwitch 700 Port Based VLAN User’s Guide
It may also be helpful to sketch out a diagram of your VLAN strategy.
The examples provided in Chapter 4 may be useful for a depiction of the
planning process.
Access Local Management as described in your device’s user’s guide.
Perform all required initial setup operations. Navigate to the VLAN Main
Menu screen to begin VLAN configuration for the device.
3.2 VLAN MAIN MENU SCREEN
The VLAN Main Menu screen enables the user to select screens to assign
switched network ports to VLANs, configure switch operation, and define
new VLANs. Network users can be logically grouped into VLANs even if
they span long physical distances over a vast, intricate physical network.
The VLAN Local Management menu items listed on the VLAN Main
Menu allow such VLANs to be configured on a network at the switched
port of the device or MultiSwitch 700 chassis.
Before attempting VLAN configuration, be certain the device to be so
configured has been set for 802.1Q mode. The mode selection is a Local
Management operation that is accessible through the General
Configuration screen of the device.
To access the VLAN Main Menu screen from the module, device, or
chassis specific Configuration Menu screen, use the arrow keys to
highlight the 802.1Q VLAN CONFIGURATION menu item and press
ENTER. The VLAN Main Menu screen, Figure 3-2, displays.