In the past article, we have talked about the ordinary and expanded reach VLANs. Ordinary reach VLAN arrangement is put away in vlan.dat document, which is situated in streak memory on the switch. Streak memory needn’t bother with the duplicate running-config startup-config or compose order.
In any case, different subtleties are normally arranged on a Cisco switch simultaneously when VLANs are made; it is ideal to save running setup changes to the startup design. The figure underneath shows the Cisco IOS order grammar used to add a VLAN to a Cisco switch and give it a name. Naming each VLAN is the best practice in VLAN arrangement.
Vlan
The figure beneath represents the geography where Sw-1 has effectively been arranged with VLAN 10 and 20. We can check utilizing the Syntax Checker show vlan brief order in client executive mode to show the substance of the vlan.dat record. Presently we ought to make some VLANs including VLAN-10 and VLAN-20 on Sw-2.
Thus, we can make VLANs individually, utilizing a progression of VLAN IDs and utilizing a reach. The IDs can be entered isolated by commas and the scope of VLAN IDs can be isolated by dashes for instance “vlan-id”. Utilize the accompanying order to make VLANs 10, 20, 30, 40, and VLANs 50-60.
Sw-2(config)# vlan 10, 20, 30, 40
Sw-2(config)# vlan 50-60
Allotting Ports to VLAN
When VLAN design is done, then, at that point, the subsequent stage is doling out ports to the VLAN. Port in access mod can have a place with just a single VLAN at a time. Just in one situation when the entrance port is associated with an IP telephone, there are two VLAN related with this port, one for voice and one for information. Following is the sentence structure for characterizing a port to be an entrance port and relegating it to a VLAN.
Go into Global Configuration Mode Sw-2# arrange Terminal
Go into interface Configuration Mode Sw-2(Config)# connection point interface_id
Set the Port to get to Mode Sw-2(Config-if)# switchport mode access
Allot Ports to VLAN Sw-2(Config-if)# switchport access vlan-id
Get back to the Privileged EXEC Mode Sw-2(Config-if)#end
The order switch port mode access is discretionary, albeit this order is emphatically suggested for security. This order changes the switch interface forever to get to mode. To execute the order for beyond what one point of interaction we can utilize the connection point range order.
In the Figure beneath, VLAN 10 is allocated to port Fa0/1 on switch1 subsequently, the PC4 turned into an individual from VLAN 10 and VLAN-20 are doled out port fa 0/2 and fa0/3, so PC5 and PC6 is the piece of VLAN 20. We can utilize the Syntax Checker “show vlan brief” order to show the substance of the vlan.dat document.
In the event that VLAN doesn’t exist the switchport access vlan order powers the making of a VLAN on the switch. For instance, VLAN 100 doesn’t exist in the result of the show vlan brief order. If the switchport access vlan 30 orders entered on a point of interaction with practically no earlier design, then, at that point, the will show the accompanying:
% There is no such thing as access Vlan. Making VLAN 100
Presently we can show the vlan.dat document utilizing show vlan brief order.
Changing VLAN Port Membership
There are multiple ways of changing the VLAN port affiliation. The table beneath shows the grammar for changing a change port enrollment to VLAN 1 with the no switchport access vlan interface arrangement mode order.
VLAN 10 has doled out interface Fa0/1. The no switchport access vlan order is entered for interface Fa0/1 in interface arrangement mode, presently check the result in the show vlan brief order that immediately follows as displayed in Figure beneath.
The show vlan brief order shows the VLAN affiliation and type for all switch ports. The show vlan brief order shows one line for each VLAN. The result for each VLAN incorporates the name, status, and switch ports.
Go into Global Configuration Mode Sw-2# arrange Terminal
Go into interface Configuration Mode Sw-2(Config)# connection point interface_id
Erase Ports to VLAN Sw-2(Config-if)# no switchport access vlan-id
Return into the Privileged EXEC Mode Sw-2(Config-if)#end
VLAN 10 is as yet dynamic, however there are no ports in the VLAN. The order show interfaces f0/1 switchport confirm that the entrance VLAN for Fa0/1 connection point has been reset to VLAN 1. It isn’t expected to initially eliminate a port from a VLAN for changing its enrollment. Presently we can again appoint these ports to any VLAN.
Confirming VLAN Information
After a VLAN arrangement or a few changes in the VLAN setup, we should approve the design utilizing the Cisco IOS show orders. The order grammar is the accompanying:-
Show vlan [ brief | id vlan-id | name vlan-name | summary]
Brief – it shows one line for each VLAN with the name of VLAN, status, and ports.
Id vlan-id – This boundary shows the data about a particular VLAN with VLAN ID number.
name vlan-name – Display the data of a particular VLAN with the name of VLAN.
Show interfaces [interface-id | vlan-name | switchport]
Interface-id – this is a legitimate point of interaction id incorporated a module, port numbers, and port channel. The port-channel range is between 1 to 6.
Id vlan-id – This boundary shows the data about a particular VLAN with VLAN ID number. The scope of VLAN id is 1 to 4096.
switchport – This boundary shows the functional and authoritative status of a switch port, including hindering of the port and port assurance settings
Presently we will utilize the show VLAN order with an alternate boundary. The “show vlan name IT” order yield isn’t straightforward. The figure underneath shows the result of this order. The result boundary will be talked about in the approaching articles.
The suggested order for VLAN confirmation is “show vlan brief” and furthermore “show vlan synopsis” These orders show the count of all designed VLANs. We can likewise utilize the “show interfaces” order with various boundaries. For models “show interfaces fastEthernet 0/1 switchport”.
This will show all data about the switchport fastethernet 0/1. Assuming we enter order “show interfaces switchport” It will show all current switchport data. We can likewise utilize “show interfaces vlan ” order to show the vlan interface informations. This order will show the IP address data of this VLAN
Erasing VLAN
We can erase VLAN with “no vlan-id” order in worldwide arrangement mode. For instance, ” no vlan 10 ” in worldwide setup mode will erase VLAN 10 from switch Sw-2 data set. The ports of VLAN 10 isn’t the individual from any VLAN now. You can confirm it with “show vlan brief” order that VLAN 10 is at this point not present in the vlan.dat document in the wake of utilizing the no vlan 10 orders.
Best practice prior to erasing VLAN is reassigning to all part ports to an alternate VLAN in light of the fact that any port that isn’t moved to a functioning VLAN can’t speak with different hosts after the erasing VLAN and until they are allocated to a functioning VLAN.
We can erase the whole vlan.dat document utilizing the “erase flash:vlan.dat” order in favored EXEC. The curtailed order is “erase vlan.dat”. We can likewise utilize this to erase a vlan.dat record in the event that the document is put away in its default area.
In the wake of executing this order and restarting the switch, the previously designed VLANs are as of now not present. This puts the switch into its industrial facility default condition for VLAN setups.
