Lucent Technologies Cajun M770 User Manual
Chapter 9
VLANs
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Cajun M770 Manager User’s Guide
Allowing Inter-VLAN Communication
Individual switch ports may be given the status of “Global Port”. Global ports can
communicate with all VLANs. This feature has many uses:
communicate with all VLANs. This feature has many uses:
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Executives or administrators in a company can give their switch ports Global
port status so they can access all VLANs.
port status so they can access all VLANs.
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A server attached to a Global port can serve many VLANs.
•
Indirect communication between VLANs can be arranged. Via a server attached
to the Global port, packets (mail, for example) may be transferred to any VLAN.
to the Global port, packets (mail, for example) may be transferred to any VLAN.
To give the status of Global Port to a switch port:
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From the Chassis View, open the Configuration menu and select Virtual LANs.
2
Arrange the windows so you can see the Virtual LANs for Device dialog box
and the Chassis View at the same time.
and the Chassis View at the same time.
3
From the Virtual LANs list, select Global (# 255).
4
In the Chassis View, select the switch port you want to set to Global Port status
(use CTRL-click to select multiple switch ports).
(use CTRL-click to select multiple switch ports).
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Click Add Zoom Sel. The selected switch parts are assigned to Global and
automatically deleted from any other VLAN.
automatically deleted from any other VLAN.