User guide

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Using the VLAN Manager
This chapter describes:
• Viewing enterprise-wide, tagged and untagged VLAN information for Summit
switches managed by the ExtremeWare Enterprise Manager.
• Adding new tagged or untagged VLANs to Summit devices, and adding ports to
those VLANs.
• Deleting VLANs.
• Modifying VLANs.
• Adding and deleting protocol filters.
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A Virtual LAN is a group of location- and topology-independent devices that
communicate as if they were on the same physical local area network (LAN). Summit
switches have a VLAN feature that enables you to construct broadcast domains without
being restricted by physical connections.
Summit switches support a maximum of 256 VLANs. Summit VLANs can be created
according to the following criteria:
• Physical port
• 802.1Q tag
• Protocol sensitivity using Ethernet, LLC SAP, or LLC/SNAP Ethernet protocol filters
• A combination of these criteria