Extreme 3804 User Guide

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, ports 1, 2, and 5 are part of VLAN Marketing; ports 3, 4, and 

6 are part of VLAN Sales; and ports 7 and 8 are in VLAN Finance.

 

Figure 5-1: Example of a port-based VLAN

Even though they are physically connected to the same switch, for the members of the 
different VLANs to communicate, the traffic must go through the IP routing 
functionality provided in the Summit. This means that each VLAN must be configured 
as a router interface with a unique IP address.

To create a port-based VLAN that spans two switches, you must do two things:

Assign the port on each switch to the VLAN.

Cable the two switches together using one port on each switch per VLAN.

Sales

Finance

Marketing

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