Vlan Membership - Dell PowerConnect 3248 System User's Manual

VLAN Membership

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Port Settings
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Trunk Settings
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GVRP
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VLAN Membership
On the VLAN Membership page, you define VLAN groups. The following options are available:
Show VLAN — Select the VLAN for which you want to edit the membership setting.
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Name — Specifies user-defined name of the VLAN.
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VLAN ID — Specifies numeric ID of the VLAN (1– 4094).
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Remove VLAN — Check this box to remove an existing VLAN.
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Status — Configures the VLAN as Active or Suspended.
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Creation — Indicates whether the VLAN has been created as a permanent (static) VLAN or has been dynamically created through GVRP.
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Port/Trunk toggle buttons — Allows you to select VLAN membership for each port or trunk by toggling the value of the Port/Trunk button:
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'U': Port is a member of the VLAN. All packets transmitted by the port will be untagged, that is, not carry a tag and therefore not carry VLAN or
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CoS information.
'T': Port is a member of the VLAN. All packets transmitted by the port will be tagged, that is, carry a tag and, therefore, carry VLAN or CoS
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information.
'F': Port is forbidden from automatically joining the VLAN through GVRP. For more information, see "GVRP."
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'BLANK': Port is not a member of the VLAN. Packets associated with this VLAN will not be transmitted by the port.
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The VLAN tagging option is a standard set by the IEEE to facilitate the spanning of VLANs across multiple switches. For more information, see "VLANs" and the
IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998 Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks.
To save any changes you make in this page, click Apply Changes. If you don't want to save the changes, click Refresh.
Adding a VLAN Group
1. Select Add a new VLAN from the Show VLAN drop-down menu.
2. Complete the VLAN Name and VLAN ID fields.
3. Add VLAN members.
See "Adding a VLAN Membership" for more information on VLAN members.
4. Click Apply Changes.
Removing a VLAN Group
1. Select the VLAN that you want to remove from the Show VLAN drop- down menu.
2. Check the Remove VLAN box for the VLAN that you want to remove.
3. Click Apply Changes.
Adding a VLAN Membership
1. Select the VLAN that you want to edit from the Show VLAN drop- down menu.
2. Change the VLAN member by clicking the port icon until the desired state [T (tagged) or U (untagged)] or a blank appears.
3. Click Apply Changes.
Removing a VLAN Membership
NOTE: If you remove a VLAN group with existing port members, the ports will rejoin the default VLAN in untagged mode.
1. Select the VLAN that you want to edit under the Show VLAN drop- down menu.
2. Change the VLAN member by clicking the port icon until the filed is blank.
3. Click Apply Changes.