Quick Reference Guide

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Changing the Management VLAN from the Default
As stated in Setting Up the Management VLAN on page 42 in the Getting Started chapter, the default
management VLAN is the default VLAN 1, so, when you configure the management IP interface (see
Creating the Management IP Address on page 67), any port that is part of the default VLAN will carry
management traffic.
On first startup, the default VLAN 1 includes every port (although, by default, all ports are shut down until
you enable them—see Enabling Ports on page 38.) If you want to change the management VLAN from the
default VLAN to another VLAN, create the new VLAN (see Creating a VLAN on page 42), and then use
the following command sequence and example as your guide.
In the following example, we create and name VLAN 5, add one port to it (you can add more), and then
designate the VLAN as the management VLAN.
Figure 4-40. Changing the Management VLAN from the Default
For more on VLANs, see Chapter 14, “VLANs,” on page 207.
Step Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose
1 show vlan id
vlan-id Privileged Exec Inspect the VLAN that you want to assign as the
management VLAN.
2
interface
managementethernet
Global Config Enter the Interface ManagementEthernet mode.
3
vlan participation vlan-id Interface
ManagementEthernet
Select a VLAN to act as the management
VLAN. The VLAN number, designated in
vlan-id, must be from 1 to 3965.
Note: If you set the management VLAN to a
VLAN that does not exist, there is no error
message.
Note: This is the only mode in which you
use the vlan participation command.
4
show interface
managementethernet
Privileged Exec Verify the management VLAN and other
management settings.
Force10 (Config)#interface vlan 5
Force10 (conf-if-vl-5)#name management_vlan
Force10 (conf-if-vl-5)#interface 1/0/43
Force10 (conf-if-vl-5)#exit
Force10 (Config)#interface managementethernet
Force10 (Config-if-ma)#vlan participation 5
Force10 (Config-if-ma)#exit
Force10 (Config)#