Avaya P580 User Manual

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Avaya P550R, P580, P880, and P882 Multiservice Switch User Guide, Version v5.3.1

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Using VLANs, Spanning Tree, Hunt Groups, and VTP Snooping

2. Click CREATE. The Create VLAN dialog box opens

(Figure 4-4).

Figure 4-4. Create VLAN Dialog Box

3. Enter a name for the VLAN in the Name field.

4. In the ID field, enter an unused VLAN ID value

(between 2 to 4094).

VLAN IDs are global and must be consistent from switch to
switch, even when switches are manufactured by different
vendors.

5. Refer to Table 4-1 to configure the Create VLAN dialog box

parameters:

Table 4-1. Create VLAN Dialog Box Parameters

Parameter

Definition

Name

Unique Name assigned to the VLAN in a switch. A
maximum of 31 alphanumeric characters

Identifier used throughout the network to identify this
VLAN. If you want ports on more than one device to
participate in a particular VLAN, you must use the same
VLAN ID to identify the VLAN on every device.VLAN ID
1 is reserved for the Default VLAN. VLAN ID 4097 is
reserved for the discard VLAN.

Note:

The switch supports up to 1000 VLANs and a

maximum of 24,000 MAC Addresses.

Note:

In order to support the maximum number of

VLANs, VLAN ID numbers should be chosen
from the range of 1 to 1000.

This manual is related to the following products:

P550R