Quick Reference Guide

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Setting Up the Management VLAN
As described in Setting the Management IP Address on page 39, when you set up a management IP
address, you can manage the switch through an IP-based access method (SNMP, Telnet, etc.); any enabled
port in the management VLAN is available for the IP-based access.
By default, the management VLAN is set up on the default VLAN 1, which, on first startup, includes every
port (although, by default, all ports are shut down until you enable them—see Enabling Ports on page 38.)
To set up a different VLAN to be the management VLAN, see Creating a VLAN, next, and then see
Changing the Management VLAN from the Default on page 68 in the Management chapter.
Creating a VLAN
Here is an example of using the CLI to create a VLAN (55) and add interfaces to it:
Figure 3-17. Using the CLI to Configure a VLAN
The tagged 1/0/5 command in Figure 3-17 not only assigns the port to VLAN 55, it also sets the Port
VLAN ID (PVID) to 55, causing untagged frames transmitted by this port to be tagged as part of traffic for
VLAN 55.
Enabling Spanning Tree Protocol
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) is off by default. Enable STP globally, and then enable STP on the desired
ports. Using the CLI, you can enable spanning tree globally, and on all the ports with just two commands
—
spanning-tree and spanning-tree port mode enable all:
Note: As noted in Enabling Ports on page 38, all ports are disabled by default. Enable them
with no shutdown all (Global Config mode), or individually with the no shutdown command on
each port.
Note: If you need to assign many ports to the VLAN, you might use the Interface Range mode.
Force10 (Config)#interface vlan 55
Force10 (Conf-if-vl-55)#tagged 1/0/5
Force10 (Conf-if-vl-55)#untagged 1/0/6