VLAN management

VLAN Management option allows user to check the used VLAN values and to validate a new VLAN range. User can view the used VLANs or validate VLAN on both UNI and NNI ports.

For VLAN management related operations, perform the following steps:

1. Go to Configuration > Layer 2 > ID Management menu and click VLAN Management option. VLAN Management page is displayed.

   

2. Under VLAN Management pane, enter the node name or select the check box and then enter the IP Address. On entering a character, the list related to that character is displayed and the user can select from the options.
3. Click Switch drop-down option and select a number.
4. Click Port drop-down option and select the desired port number from list.
5. Do one of the following:
   • To view used VLAN values on the selected port, click Select An Action drop-down option and select Show Used VLans. Click Go. A list of used VLAN values are displayed under Used VLAN Range(s) column under Used VLAN Range(s) for selected Port pane as shown in the following figure. If the selected port is 'VLAN + Prio' type, an additional Used Priority column is displayed with the used priority values. If the selected port is VLAN + DSCP type, then Used DSCP Mask and Used DSCP Value columns are displayed with values in respective fields:

     

   • To check whether a given VLAN value or range is already assigned or not on the selected port, click Select An Action drop-down option and select Validate VLan Range. The Vlan Range parameter becomes editable now. Enter the desired VLAN value and/or range in the text box provided. VLAN can be either a number or a range (LowerRange-HigherRange between 1 and 4094) or a combination of both separated by ';'. Click Go. The result will be displayed in the Information window.
   • If the selected port is 'VLAN + Prio' type, user can check whether a given VLAN value or range and priority are used on that port or not. Click Select An Action drop down button and select Validate VLan Range. Enter the desired VLAN value and/or range in Vlan Range followed by the Priority in the respective text boxes. Priority value must be an integer in the range of 1-7. Click Go. Result is displayed in the Information window.
   • If the selected port is 'VLAN + DSCP' type, user can check whether a given VLAN value or range, DSCP mask, and DSCP value are used on that port or not. Click Select An Action drop down button and select Validate VLan Range. Enter the desired VLAN value and/or range in Vlan Range followed by DSCP Mask and DSCP Value in the respective text boxes. Both DSCP Mask and DSCP Value must be an integer in the range of 0-63. Click Go. Result is displayed in the Information window.