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Selecting a vlan mode – Allied Telesis AT-S60 User Manual

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AT-S60 Management Software User’s Guide

Section II: Local and Telnet Management

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Selecting a VLAN Mode

The following procedure explains how to select a VLAN mode on an
AT-8400 Series Switch.

Note

You should create a backup file of the configuration of the switch
before changing the switch to a Multiple VLAN mode. Changing the
VLAN mode automatically deletes any port-based or tagged VLANs
that you created on the switch.

1. From the Main Menu, type 2 to select VLAN Menu.

The VLAN Menu is displayed as shown in Figure 91 on page 257.

2. From the VLAN Menu, type 1 to select Configure VLAN.

The Configure VLAN Menu is displayed as shown in Figure 94 on page
260.

3. From the Configure VLAN Menu, type 2 to select Set VLAN Mode.

The following prompt is displayed:

Enter VLAN Mode (U-User Configured, Q-Multiple
802.1Q, M-Multiple) ->

4. Select one of the following:

U - Activates the user configuration mode. Select this value to create
your own port-based and tagged VLANs. This is the default setting.

Q - Activates the Q-802.1Q Multiple VLAN mode.

M - Activates the non-802.1Q compliant multiple VLANs mode.

If you selected a multiple VLAN mode, the following prompt is
displayed:

Please backup current configuration before changing

to multiple VLAN mode:

Do you want to continue? [Y/N]

5. Enter Y to continue or N to cancel the procedure.

If you selected a Multiple VLAN mode, the following prompt is
displayed:

Enter uplink port-list:

6. Enter the number of the port on the switch to function as the uplink

port for the other ports. You can specify only one port.