User`s guide

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CHAPTER 4
EXAMPLES
This chapter provides examples of how VLAN aware MultiSwitch 700
can be configured to group users at the port level to create VLANs in
existing networks. Each example presents a problem and shows how it is
solved by configuring the switches using the VLAN Local Management
screens. The actual procedures and screens used to configure a VLAN
aware switch are covered in , Chapter 3,VLAN Configuration. Also
provided in the discussion of each example is a description of how the
frames transmitted from one user would traverse the network to its target
device.
4.1 EXAMPLE 1
This first example looks at the configuration of a single Ethernet switch
for VLAN operation. In this example, two groups of three users are to be
assigned to two VLANs to isolate them from one another. The blue users
(B1, B2, B3) are to be kept completely separate from the red users (R1,
R2, R3). Figure 4-1 shows the initial state of the switch.
Figure 4-1 Initial Switch State
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