Chapter 13: VLAN Commands
212 Section III: Layer 2 Switching
CREATE VLAN
Syntax
create vlan=
vlan_name
vid=
vlan_id
[portprotected]
Parameters
vlan_name
Specifies the name of a new VLAN. The VLAN name can be from
1 to 20 alphanumeric characters including hyphen (-), underscore
(_), period (.), and parentheses (()). The first letter must be an
alphabet. The VLAN name is not case-sensitive; however, it is
displayed as entered.
vlan_id
Specifies a VLAN ID. The range is 2 to 4094.
portprotected
Specifies the new VLAN to the port-protected.
Description
Use this command to create a VLAN. You can create up to 255 VLANs.
Confirmation Command
“SHOW VLAN” on page 216
Example
The following command creates a new VLAN called test with VLAN ID 10:
Manager > create vlan=test vid=10