Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v7.0.0 (53-1002152-01, March 2012)

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Configuring VLANs
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The choices are Static and Dynamic. Static mode does not use Link Aggregation Control
Protocol (LACP) to negotiate and manage link aggregation. Link participation in the LAG is
determined by the link’s operational status and administrative state. Dynamic mode uses
LACP. LACP allows partner systems to examine the attributes of the links that connect them
and dynamically form a LAG. When you select Dynamic mode, the Active and Passive options
are enabled:
• If you choose Active, your switch initiates an exchange of LACP data units.
• If you choose Passive, your switch waits to receive LACP data units from its partner system
and then respond. Passive is the default behavior.
6. Select the Type.
Type refers to the type of trunking used by the LAG. The choices are Standard and Brocade.
7. Select the Interface Mode.
The options are None and L2. The default is None.
8. Select the L2 Mode.
The L2 mode setting determines operation within a VLAN:
- Access mode allows only one VLAN association, and all frames are untagged.
- Trunk mode allows more than one VLAN association, and allows tagged frames.
9. Select the operational Status.
The choices are Administratively Up and Administratively Down.
10. Click OK.
Configuring VLANs
The Virtual LAN (VLAN) capability allows multiple virtual LANs within a single physical LAN
infrastructure. The physical interface must be configured as L2 prior to configuring a VLAN, either
as an individual interface, or as a LAG. Before you start the VLAN configuration procedure, you
need to know which interfaces or LAGs you want to associate with each VLAN.
To configure a VLAN, perform the following steps.
1. Select the DCB tab on the Switch Administration panel.
2. Select the VLAN tab.
3. Click Add.
The VLAN Configuration dialog box displays.
4. Specify a VLAN ID.
The format is VLAN<bridge number><ID>. In this Fabric OS release, no bridge instances are
supported, so the bridge number is always 0, and the value under Bridge is statically defined
as VLAN0. The <ID> is an integer from 1 to 3583, that must be entered in the ID field.
5. Select the Native check box to add all the converged interfaces added in the present operation
as native to a VLAN.