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AT-S62 Web Browser Interface User’s Guide
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5. Select the VID field and enter a VID value for the new VLAN. The range
of the VID value is 2 to 4096. The default is the next available VID
number on the switch.
If this VLAN will be unique in your network, then its VID should also be
unique. If this VLAN will be part of a larger VLAN that spans multiple
switches, than the VID value for the VLAN should be the same on each
switch. For example, if you are creating a VLAN called Sales that will
span three switches, you should assign the Sales VLAN on each switch
the same VID value.
Note
A VLAN must have a VID.
The switch is only aware of the VIDs of the VLANs that exist on the
device, and not those that might already be in use in the network. For
example, if you add a new AT-8500 Series switch to a network that
already contains VLANs that use VIDs 2 through 24, the AT-S62
software will still use VID 2 as the default value when you create the
first VLAN on the new switch, even though that VID number is already
being used by another VLAN on the network. To prevent
inadvertently using the same VID for two different VLANs, you should
keep a list of all your network VLANs and their VID values.
6. Select the Name field and enter a name for the new VLAN.
The name can be from one to fifteen alphanumeric characters in
length. The name should reflect the function of the nodes that will be
a part of the VLAN (for example, Sales or Accounting). The name
cannot contain spaces or special characters, such as asterisks (*) or
exclamation points (!).
If the VLAN will be unique in your network, then the name should be
unique as well. If the VLAN will be part of a larger VLAN that spans
multiple switches, then the name for the VLAN should be the same on
each switch where nodes of the VLAN are connected.
Note
A VLAN must be assigned a name.
7. Select Port Based as the Type. This is the default setting. This is the
correct setting when creating a port-based or tagged VLAN.
Note
The Type selection of Protected is used to create a protected ports
VLAN, as explained in Chapter 21, Protected Ports VLANs on page
287.