Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 695)

AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide
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multiple switches, then the name for the VLAN should be the same on
each switch where nodes of the VLAN are connected.
Note
A VLAN must be assigned a name.
6. Type 2 to select VLAN ID (VID.
The following prompt is displayed:
Enter new value -> [2 to 4094] ->
7. Type a VID value for the new VLAN. The range for the VID value is 1 to
4094.
The AT-S63 management software uses the next available VID
number on the switch as the default value. If this VLAN is unique in
your network, then its VID should also be unique. If this VLAN is part of
a larger VLAN that spans multiple switches, than the VID value for the
VLAN should be the same on each switch. For example, if you are
creating a VLAN called Sales that spans three switches, you should
assign the Sales VLAN on each switch the same VID value.
Note
A VLAN must have a VID.
It should be noted that the switch is only aware of the VIDs of the
VLANs that exist on the device, and not those that might already be in
use in the network. For example, if you add a new AT-9400 Series
switch to a network that already contains VLANs that use VIDs 2
through 24, the AT-S63 management software still uses VID 2 as the
default value when you create the first VLAN on the new switch, even
though that VID number is already being used by another VLAN on the
network. To prevent inadvertently using the same VID for two different
VLANs, you should keep a list of all your network VLANs and their VID
values.
8. Type 3 to toggle VLAN Type to display MAC Based. This is the correct
setting for a MAC address-based VLAN.
Note
The Port Based setting for VLAN type is used to create port-based
and tagged VLANs, as explained to Chapter 25, “Port-based and
Tagged VLANs” on page 599.