Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 443)

AT-S63 Management Software Menus Interface User’s Guide
Section III: VLANs 443
The name can be from one to fifteen alphanumeric characters in
length. The name should reflect the function of the nodes that will
be a part of the VLAN (for example, Sales or Accounting). The
name cannot contain spaces or special characters, such as
asterisks (*) or exclamation points (!).
If the VLAN will be unique in your network, then the name should
be unique as well. If the VLAN will be part of a larger VLAN that
spans 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 is important to note 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.