Deployment Guide

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Switching Layer-2
The Switching Layer-2 page of Dell I/O Blade Manager is where you can configure the following layer 2
networking settings for an I/O Aggregator device:
• VLAN Assignment
• Link Aggregation (LAG)
• IGMP
• Port Mirroring
• Fibre Channel
• iSCSI
• DCB
VLAN Assignment
In the VLAN Assignment section of the Switching Layer-2 page, you can configure Virtual LANs (VLANs)
for the I/O Aggregator device.
You can configure VLANs to separate users into individual network segments for security and other
reasons. You can associate selected ports on a switch with selected VLAN and treat these ports as a
separate switch.
This section displays a graphic representation of the ports on the device. You can click a port to display
the interface name to which tagged or untagged VLANs to which it is assigned.
From this section to you can:
• View VLAN Port Assignments
• Assign Ports to a VLAN
Viewing Current VLAN Assignments
From the VLAN Assignment section of the Switching Layer-2 page, you can view VLAN assignments for
the I/O Aggregator device.
1. From the navigation menu, click Switching Layer-2.
The Switching Layer-2 page appears.
2. In the VLAN Assignment section, click View VLAN Assignments.
The VLAN Port Assignment dialog box appears displaying the following information for each
assignment:
• Interface — Interface type with chassis slot and port number.
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