Configuring a VLAN Manually

By default, VLANs in a farm are configured automatically. However, you may choose to configure VLANs manually. You may perform the following management activities by using the Configure VLANs dialog box.

• Create VLANs

• Delete VLANS

• Update VLANs

• Display the list of subnets that are members of a VLAN

• Associate a color with each separate VLAN

The names given to VLANs are used as an identifier to enable the configuration of a VLAN zones, such as a management VLAN, in the Control Center. The assigned names do not correlate to the actual VLAN names that are configured in the switch upon activation of the farm. Actual switch VLANs are allocated according to availability during the farm activation based on the VLAN zones specified in the Control Center.

Create VLAN types by associating multiple subnets with the same VLAN name. The VLAN names that you define in the Configure VLANs dialog box are displayed in the Configure Subnet dialog box for each associated subnet. Define the VLAN name list in the Configure VLANs dialog box and associate subnets with a VLAN name by using the Configure Subnet dialog box.