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Table of Contents
1 VLAN Overview··········································································································································1-1
VLAN Overview·······································································································································1-1
Introduction to VLAN ·······················································································································1-1
Advantages of VLANs ·····················································································································1-2
VLAN Fundamentals ·······················································································································1-2
VLAN Interface ································································································································1-4
VLAN Classification·························································································································1-4
Port-Based VLAN····································································································································1-5
Link Types of Ethernet Ports···········································································································1-5
Assigning an Ethernet Port to Specified VLANs ·············································································1-5
Configuring the Default VLAN ID for a Port·····················································································1-6
MAC-Based VLAN ··································································································································1-7
Introduction to MAC-Based VLAN···································································································1-7
MAC-based VLAN implementation··································································································1-7
Approaches to creating MAC address-to-VLAN mappings·····························································1-7
Protocol-Based VLAN·····························································································································1-8
Introduction to Protocol-Based VLAN······························································································1-8
Encapsulation Format of Ethernet Data ··························································································1-8
Encapsulation Formats····················································································································1-9
Implementation of Protocol-Based VLAN························································································1-9
2 VLAN Configuration ··································································································································2-1
VLAN Configuration ································································································································2-1
VLAN Configuration Task List ·········································································································2-1
Basic VLAN Configuration···············································································································2-1
Basic VLAN Interface Configuration································································································2-2
Displaying VLAN Configuration·······································································································2-3
Configuring a Port-Based VLAN ·············································································································2-3
Configuring an Access-Port-Based VLAN·······················································································2-3
Configuring a Hybrid-Port-Based VLAN··························································································2-4
Configuring a Trunk-Port-Based VLAN ···························································································2-5
Displaying and Maintaining Port-Based VLAN················································································2-5
Port-Based VLAN Configuration Example·······················································································2-6
Troubleshooting Ethernet Port Configuration··················································································2-7
Configuring a MAC-Based VLAN············································································································2-7
MAC-Based VLAN Configuration Task List·····················································································2-7
Configuring a MAC-Based VLAN ····································································································2-8
Displaying MAC-Based VLAN Configuration ··················································································2-8
Configuring a Protocol-Based VLAN·······································································································2-8
Protocol-Based VLAN Configuration Task List ···············································································2-9
Configuring a Protocol Template for a Protocol-Based VLAN ························································2-9