Reference Guide

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• All VLANS must be in Layer 2 mode.

• Only ring nodes can be added to the VLAN.

• A Control VLAN can belong to one FRRP group only.

• Control VLAN ports must be tagged.

• All ports on the ring must use the same VLAN ID for the Control VLAN.

• A VLAN cannot be configured as both a Control VLAN and Member VLAN on the same ring.

• Only two interfaces can be members of a Control VLAN (the Master Primary and Secondary ports).

• Member VLANs across multiple rings are not supported in Master nodes

Use the commands in the following sequence, on the switch that will act as the Master node, to create the

Control VLAN for this FRRP group.

Step Command Syntax Command Mode Purpose

interface vlan vlan-id CONFIGURATION Create a VLAN with this ID number

VLAN ID: 1-4094

2 tagged interface slot/

port {range}

CONFIG-INT-VLAN Tag the specified interface or range of interfaces

to this VLAN.

Interface:

• For a 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface, enter

the keyword keyword GigabitEthernet

followed by the slot/port information.

• For a Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the

keyword GigabitEthernet followed by the

slot/port information

• For a 10 Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the

keyword TenGigabitEthernet followed by the

slot/port information.

• For a 40-Gigabit Ethernet interface, enter the

keyword

fortyGigE followed by the slot/port

information.

Slot/Port, Range: Slot and Port ID for the

interface. Range is entered Slot/Port-Port.