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Chapter 2 Catalyst 2960 Switch Cisco IOS Commands
interface vlan
interface vlan
Use the interface vlan global configuration command to create or access a VLAN and to enter interface
configuration mode. Use the no form of this command to delete a VLAN.
interface vlan vlan-id
no interface vlan vlan-id
Syntax Description
Defaults The default VLAN interface is VLAN 1.
Command Modes Global configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines VLANs are created the first time that you enter the interface vlan vlan-id command for a particular
VLAN. The vlan-id corresponds to the VLAN-tag associated with data frames on an IEEE 802.1Q
encapsulated trunk or the VLAN ID configured for an access port.
If you delete a VLAN by entering the no interface vlan vlan-id command, the deleted interface is no
longer visible in the output from the show interfaces privileged EXEC command.
Note You cannot delete the VLAN 1 interface.
You can re-instate a deleted VLAN by entering the interface vlan vlan-id command for the deleted
interface. The interface comes back up, but the previous configuration is gone.
vlan-id VLAN number. The range is 1 to 4094.
Release Modification
12.2(25)FX This command was introduced.