Avaya P580 - Manual (Page 139)

Avaya P550R, P580, P880, and P882 Multiservice Switch User Guide, Version v5.3.1 4-9
Using VLANs, Spanning Tree, Hunt Groups, and VTP Snooping
2. Click CREATE. The Create VLAN dialog box opens
(Figure 4-4).
Figure 4-4. Create VLAN Dialog Box
.
3. Enter a name for the VLAN in the Name field.
4. In the ID field, enter an unused VLAN ID value
(between 2 to 4094).
VLAN IDs are global and must be consistent from switch to
switch, even when switches are manufactured by different
vendors.
5. Refer to Table 4-1 to configure the Create VLAN dialog box
parameters:
Table 4-1. Create VLAN Dialog Box Parameters
Parameter Definition
Name Unique Name assigned to the VLAN in a switch. A
maximum of 31 alphanumeric characters
ID Identifier used throughout the network to identify this
VLAN. If you want ports on more than one device to
participate in a particular VLAN, you must use the same
VLAN ID to identify the VLAN on every device.VLAN ID
1 is reserved for the Default VLAN. VLAN ID 4097 is
reserved for the discard VLAN.
Note: The switch supports up to 1000 VLANs and a
maximum of 24,000 MAC Addresses.
Note: In order to support the maximum number of
VLANs, VLAN ID numbers should be chosen
from the range of 1 to 1000.