To Create A VLAN Interface

1. On the Networking tab, click the VLAN Interfaces subtab link.

2. Click the Create VLAN Interface icon in the toolbar.

3. The Create VLAN Interface(s) dialog is displayed.

4. A navigation tree similar to the one shown in the Navigation Pane is displayed in the pane on the right of the dialog. Use the navigation tree to identify server ports or bonds that are configured for your VLANs. You are able to expand nodes in the navigation tree to identify individual servers, and then expand each server to identify the ports that are available. Alongside each port, listed for a server, is a check box that allows you to enable the port to configure VLAN interfaces that are attached to it. You must select at least one port. Be careful not to select a port that is already in use or which is part of a bond. The user interface does not filter the ports to allow you to only select unused ports.

5. Once you have selected the ports for which you wish to create VLAN interfaces, you can click Next to continue to the next stage of the wizard, or click Cancel to exit the wizard without making any changes.

6. The Select VLAN IDs stage is displayed in the wizard. In the panel on the right, you are able to select a VLAN ID range. Using the two fields available you can specify a range of VLAN IDs that are configured on the network ports for which you are creating VLAN interfaces. Use the Add, Delete and Delete All buttons to manage the VLAN IDs for which VLAN interfaces should be created. A VLAN interface is created for each VLAN ID specified in the list provided here. You must select at least one VLAN ID.

7. When you have finished selecting VLAN IDs, you can click Next to continue to the next stage of the wizard, or click Cancel to exit the wizard without making any changes.

8. The Configure IP Address stage is displayed in the wizard. On the panel on the right, a table is presented listing each of the VLAN interfaces that have been created. For each VLAN interface listed, you are able to edit the MTU setting, the IP Address assignment settings and the description. The Addressing field provides a drop-down selector that allows you to choose either None, Static or Dynamic to specify how IP Addressing should be configured on this interface. If you select Static here, the IP Address and Mask fields become available to edit, otherwise they remain uneditable.

   A Filter By VLAN ID drop-down selector is provided at the top of the table, to allow you to quickly limit the VLAN interfaces displayed in the table to make changes in a more orderly fashion.

9. Click Finish when you have finished editing VLAN interfaces to save the changes, or click Cancel to exit.