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Maclovin
Asked: 2010-07-07 00:23:10 +0800 CST

Create a VLAN on HP Procurve switches

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New to this site, but it's pretty darn great, so I won't be a stranger here!

Still a n00b though :-)

Need a walkthrough on howto create a VLAN.

I have the ipadress space for the VLAN I have the subnett for the VLAN

What I don't know is how to go about creating a VLAN. Can anyone advice me? Where, when, how?

Thanks in advance!

Maclovin

vlan hp

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  1. Best Answer

    First of all. IP adressess/subnet are not related to a VLAN, it's a Layer2 protocol (below TCP/IP and such wich is a Layer3 protocol).

    There are several ways of setting up vlan on a Procurve switch:

    • The Web interface
    • The builtin menu via CLI (conf t and then setup)
    • CLI

    Most admins out there come from a Cisco-regulated world, so they always use CLI (like I do).

    Example VLAN configuration via CLI (remember, conf t first)

    vlan 1234
 name "McLovin's super VLAN"
 untagged 5-8,12
 tagged 24
 exit

    Explainations:

    • vlan = the VLAN ID
    • name = something descriptive so you know what this VLAN is used for
    • untagged = the untagged ports for normal network clients (PC's, servers etc)
    • tagged = the tagged ports for other switches to pass on VLAN traffic

    I strongly advise you to pick up the manual/documentation for your switch and start reading - or hire a network consultant to train you on how this works. And please - test this before deploying out to your clients.

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