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Configuring a VLAN

After you create a VLAN, you must configure it with an IP address. By using the ifconfig command, you can configure all the parameters for a VLAN interface in the same way that you configure the parameters for a physical interface.

About this task

You can configure the following parameters for a VLAN:

Step

  1. Enter the following command:
    ifconfig ifname-vlanid IP_address netmask mask

    ifname-vlanid is the VLAN interface name.

    IP_address is the IP address for this interface.

    mask is the network mask for this interface.

    Example

    Create VLANs with identifiers 1760 on the interface e5a of a storage system by using the following command:

    vlan create e5a 1760

    Configure the VLAN interface e5a-1760 by using the following command:

    ifconfig e5a-1760 192.0.2.11 netmask 255.255.255.0

    To configure the VLAN interface e5a-1760 with an IPv6 address, use the following command:

    ifconfig e5a-1760 2001:0db8:85a3:0:0:8a2e:0370:99 prefixlen 64