3Com 4210 9-Port - Management VLAN Configuration; Prerequisites; Configuring the Management VLAN

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z If no default route exists and the destination address of the packet is not in the routing table, the
packet is discarded, and an ICMP destination unreachable message is returned to the source.
The default route can be configured through a static route and exists in the routing table as a route
destined to the network 0.0.0.0 (with the mask 0.0.0.0).
Management VLAN Configuration
Prerequisites
Before configuring the management VLAN, make sure the VLAN operating as the management VLAN
exists. If VLAN 1 (the default VLAN) is the management VLAN, just go ahead.
Configuring the Management VLAN
Table 1-1 Configure the management VLAN
Operation Command Remarks
Enter system view
system-view
—
Configure a specified VLAN to
be the management VLAN
management-vlan vlan-id
Required
By default, VLAN 1 operates as
the management VLAN.
Create the management VLAN
interface and enter the
corresponding VLAN interface
view
interface vlan-interface
vlan-id
Required
Assign an IP address to the
management VLAN interface
ip address ip-address mask
Required
By default, no IP address is
assigned to the management
VLAN interface.
Configure a static route
ip route-static ip-address
{ mask | mask-length }
{ interface-type
interface-number | next-hop }
[ preference preference-value ]
[ reject | blackhole ]
[ description text ]
Optional
z To create the VLAN interface for the management VLAN on a switch operating as the management
device in a cluster, make sure that the management VLAN ID is consistent with the cluster
management VLAN ID configured with the management-vlan vlan-id command. Otherwise, the
configuration fails. Refer to the Cluster Operation Manual for detailed introduction to the cluster.
z Refer to the VLAN module for detailed introduction to VLAN interfaces.