Dell Switch

  Commands used to create VLANs on a Dell PowerConnect 8024

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  To display current VLAN information:

  top_switch> enable
  top_switch # show vlan


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  Set the CLI to configuration mode and defines VLAN:

  top_switch # configure
  top_switch(config)# vlan database
  top_switch(config-vlan)# vlan 101-102, 310
  top_switch(config-vlan)# exit


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  Setting the port to an access VLAN port in VLAN 101 This means that the Ethernet traffic on this port will be untagged and all the traffic will be in VLAN 101. “GVRP enable” sets the port to dynamically register and de-register VLAN membership information with the MAC networking switches attached to the same segment:

  top_switch(config)# interface Ethernet 1/xg1
  top_switch(config)# switchport access vlan 101
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg1)# gvrp enable
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg1)# exit


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  Setting the port to an access VLAN port in VLAN 102 This means that the Ethernet traffic on this port will be untagged and all the traffic will be in VLAN 102:

  top_switch(config)# interface Ethernet 1/xg2
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg2)# switchport access vlan 102
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg2)# gvrp enable
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg2)# exit


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  Setting the port to an access VLAN port in VLAN 310 This means that the Ethernet traffic on this port will be untagged and all the traffic will be in VLAN 310:

  top_switch(config)# interface range Ethernet 1/xg3-1/xg16
  top_switch(config-if)# switchport access vlan 310
  top_switch(config-if)# gvrp enable
  top_switch(config-if)# exit


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  To set the port type to an 802.1Q VLAN (to allow multiple tagged VLANs) use the “switchport mode general” command. Also, remove the port membership from VLAN 1 (all ports are in VLAN 1 by default) by using “switchport mode general allowed vlan remove 1” command:

  top_switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/xg20
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg20)# switchport mode general
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg20)# switchport general allowed vlan add 101,102-310
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg20)# switchport general allowed vlan remove vlan 1
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg20)# gvrp enable
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg20)# exit
  top_switch(config)# gvrp enable
  top_switch(config)# end


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  Displaying interface status:

  top_switch# show interfaces switchport ethernet 1/xg1
  top_switch# show interfaces switchport ethernet 1/xg2
  top_switch# show interfaces switchport ethernet 1/xg20
  top_switch# show vlan


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  Removing the ports from the VLANS and disabling gvrp:

  top_switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/xg20
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg20)# switchport general allowed vlan remove 101-102,310
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg20)# no gvrp enable
  top_switch(config)# exit
  top_switch(config)# interface ethernet 1/xg1
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg1)# switchport access vlan 1
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg1)# no gvrp enable
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg1)# exit
  top_switch(config)# interface Ethernet 1/xg2
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg2)# switchport access vlan 1
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg2)# no gvrp enable
  top_switch(config-if-1/xg2)# exit
  top_switch(config)# interface range ethernet 1/xg3-1/xg16
  top_switch(config-if)# switchport access vlan 1
  top_switch(config-if)# no gvrp enable
  top_switch(config-if)# exit
  top_switch(config)# vlan database
  top_switch(config-vlan)# no vlan 101-102,310
  top_switch(config-vlan)# end
  top_switch(config)# no gvrp enable
  top_switch(config)# exit
  top_switch(config)# show vlan