User's Manual

18 MDS Mercury 16E Technical Manual MDS 05-6302A01, Rev. A
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Figure 11. Maintenance & Status—Firmware Utilities Screen
Configuring Networking Features for VLAN
The Mercury supports IEEE 802.1Q, or VLAN tagging. VLANs, or
Virtual LANs, are used to create multiple logical networks that share an
existing physical network. There are a number of parameters available
for configuring how the transceivers behave when VLAN is enabled and
they are explained below.
When VLAN is enabled, a Mercury transceiver will have two IP
addresses: one for the Management VLAN and one for the Serial
VLAN.
The Management VLAN IP address allows administrators to manage
the transceiver using the usual networked interfaces, such as Web,
telnet, and SNMP. Those services are only available through the
Management VLAN IP address while VLAN is enabled. The
Management VLAN IP Address settings are configured under the
MGMT VLAN Subnet Config Menu or the IP Address section on the
web page.