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Chapter 4 Configuring for VLAN
Configuring for VLAN with VTP
Configuring for VLAN with VTP
Configuring for VLAN using the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) consists of assigning the VTP domain
name and setting the VTP mode to client. VTP, a proprietary protocol of Cisco Systems, is used to
propagate VLAN information around a switched network.
Use the following procedure to configure VLAN using VTP.
Note VTP can only be used in a Cisco network environment.
Configuring for VLAN without VTP
Configuring for VLAN without using VTP consists of setting the VTP mode to transparent, assigning a
VID, and optionally assigning a name and maximum transmission unit (MTU) size to the VLAN.
Use the following procedure to configure VLAN without using VTP.
Command Description
Step 1
enable Enter Administrator mode.
Step 2
vtp domain opus (Optional) Assign a VTP domain name (opus) to which the
SN 5428-2 Storage Router belongs. If a domain name is not
specified, the SN 5428-2 will assign itself to the first domain from
which it receives a VTP message. The default setting is none.
Step 3
vtp mode client The default setting for the VTP mode is client. Set the VTP mode
to client if the current setting is transparent.
In client mode, the SN 5428-2 will exchange VTP packets with an
externally attached switch to learn about the VLANs that are
accessible in the network.
Command Description
Step 1
enable Enter Administrator mode.
Step 2
vtp mode transparent Set the VTP mode for the storage router to transparent. In
transparent mode, the SN 5428-2 does not exchange VTP packets,
and VLANs must be manually configured. The default setting is
client.
Step 3
vlan 100
or
vlan 100 name Engineering
mtusize 9000
Assign a VLAN identifier (VID) number that uniquely identifies
the VLAN. The VID can be any integer from 1 to 4095.
Optionally, a VLAN can be assigned a unique name (Engineering)
up to 32 characters in length. If a name is not specified, a default
name is automatically assigned. The default name has VLAN as the
prefix followed by the VID, left padded to four bytes (for example,
VLAN0100).
Optionally, an MTU size can be specified using a value from 1500
to 9000. The default value is 1500.