
Foundry Configuration Guide for the FESX, FSX, and FWSX
viii © Foundry Networks, Inc. December 2005
DISPLAYING AND DETERMINING THE STATUS OF AGGREGATE LINKS .........................................................10-22
ABOUT BLOCKED PORTS ..................................................................................................................10-23
DISPLAYING LINK AGGREGATION AND PORT STATUS INFORMATION ....................................................10-23
DISPLAYING TRUNK GROUP AND LACP STATUS INFORMATION ..........................................................10-26
CLEARING THE NEGOTIATED AGGREGATE LINKS TABLE ...........................................................................10-26
CHAPTER 11
CONFIGURING VIRTUAL LANS(VLANS).................................................... 11-1
VLAN OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................................................11-2
TYPES OF VLANS..............................................................................................................................11-2
DEFAULT VLAN .................................................................................................................................11-6
802.1Q TAGGING ...............................................................................................................................11-7
SPANNING TREE PROTOCOL (STP) ....................................................................................................11-8
VIRTUAL ROUTING INTERFACES ..........................................................................................................11-9
VLAN AND VIRTUAL ROUTING INTERFACE GROUPS ...........................................................................11-10
DYNAMIC, STATIC, AND EXCLUDED PORT MEMBERSHIP .....................................................................11-10
SUPER AGGREGATED VLANS...........................................................................................................11-13
TRUNK GROUP PORTS AND VLAN MEMBERSHIP ...............................................................................11-13
SUMMARY OF VLAN CONFIGURATION RULES ....................................................................................11-13
ROUTING BETWEEN VLANS....................................................................................................................11-14
VIRTUAL ROUTING INTERFACES (LAYER 3 SWITCHES ONLY) ..............................................................11-14
BRIDGING AND ROUTING THE SAME PROTOCOL SIMULTANEOUSLY
ON THE SAME DEVICE (LAYER 3 SWITCHES ONLY) .....................................................................11-14
ROUTING BETWEEN VLANSUSING VIRTUAL ROUTING INTERFACES (LAYER 3 SWITCHES ONLY) .........11-14
DYNAMIC PORT ASSIGNMENT (LAYER 2 SWITCHES AND LAYER 3 SWITCHES) .....................................11-15
ASSIGNING ADIFFERENT VLAN ID TO THE DEFAULT VLAN ..............................................................11-15
ASSIGNING TRUNK GROUP PORTS ....................................................................................................11-15
CONFIGURING PORT-BASED VLANS.................................................................................................11-15
MODIFYING APORT-BASED VLAN ....................................................................................................11-18
CONFIGURING IP SUB-NET, IPX NETWORK AND PROTOCOL-BASED VLANS.............................................11-21
CONFIGURATION EXAMPLE ...............................................................................................................11-21
CONFIGURING IP SUB-NET, IPX NETWORK, AND
PROTOCOL-BASED VLANSWITHIN PORT-BASED VLANS..................................................................11-23
CONFIGURING AN IPV6 PROTOCOL VLAN ...............................................................................................11-26
ROUTING BETWEEN VLANSUSING VIRTUAL ROUTING INTERFACES (LAYER 3 SWITCHES ONLY) ...............11-27
CONFIGURING PROTOCOL VLANSWITH DYNAMIC PORTS .......................................................................11-33
AGING OF DYNAMIC PORTS ..............................................................................................................11-33
CONFIGURATION GUIDELINES ...........................................................................................................11-33
CONFIGURING AN IP, IPX, OR APPLETALK PROTOCOL VLAN WITH DYNAMIC PORTS ..........................11-33
CONFIGURING AN IP SUB-NET VLAN WITH DYNAMIC PORTS .............................................................11-34
CONFIGURING AN IPX NETWORK VLAN WITH DYNAMIC PORTS .........................................................11-34
CONFIGURING UPLINK PORTS WITHIN APORT-BASED VLAN ...................................................................11-35
CONFIGURING THE SAME IP SUB-NET ADDRESS ON MULTIPLE PORT-BASED VLANS...............................11-35
USING SEPARATE ACLSON IP FOLLOWER VIRTUAL ROUTING INTERFACES ........................................11-39
CONFIGURING VLAN GROUPS AND VIRTUAL ROUTING INTERFACE GROUPS .............................................11-40
CONFIGURING AVLAN GROUP .........................................................................................................11-40