Chapter 13
Configuring VLANs
You can cause inconsistency in the VLAN database if you attempt to manually delete the vlan.dat file.
Caution
If you want to modify the VLAN configuration, use the commands described in these sections and in the
command reference for this release. To change the VTP configuration, see
VTP."
You use the interface configuration mode to define the port membership mode and to add and remove
ports from VLANs. The results of these commands are written to the running-configuration file, and you
can display the file by entering the show running-config privileged EXEC command.
You can set these parameters when you create a new normal-range VLAN or modify an existing VLAN
in the VLAN database:
VLAN ID
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VLAN name
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VLAN type (Ethernet, Fiber Distributed Data Interface [FDDI], FDDI network entity title [NET],
TrBRF, or TrCRF, Token Ring, Token Ring-Net)
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VLAN state (active or suspended)
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Maximum transmission unit (MTU) for the VLAN
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Security Association Identifier (SAID)
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Bridge identification number for TrBRF VLANs
Ring number for FDDI and TrCRF VLANs
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Parent VLAN number for TrCRF VLANs
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Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) type for TrCRF VLANs
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VLAN number to use when translating from one VLAN type to another
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This section does not provide configuration details for most of these parameters. For complete
Note
information on the commands and parameters that control VLAN configuration, see the command
reference for this release.
These sections contain normal-range VLAN configuration information:
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Creating or Modifying an Ethernet VLAN, page 13-8
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Configuring Normal-Range VLANs
Chapter 14, "Configuring
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