Reference Guide

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VLANs

This chapter describes how VLANs are configured on the device.

It contains the following topics:

•Overview

• VLAN Membership

• Port Settings

• LAG Settings

• Protocol Groups

• Protocol Port

• GVRP Parameters

•Private VLAN

• Voice VLAN

Overview

A VLAN is a switched network that is logically segmented on an

organizational basis, by functions, project teams, or applications rather than

on a physical or geographical basis. For example, all workstations and servers

used by a particular workgroup team can be connected to the same VLAN,

regardless of their physical connections to the network, or the fact that they

might be intermingled with other teams. Reconfiguration of the network can

be done through software rather than by physically unplugging and moving

devices or wires.

A VLAN can be thought of as a Broadcast domain that exists within a defined

set of switches. A VLAN consists of a number of end systems, either hosts or

network equipment (such as bridges and routers), connected by a single