DELL N3000 User Manual

Configuring VLANs

This section contains the following examples:

• Configuring VLANs Using Dell OpenManage Administrator
• Configuring VLANs Using the CLI
• Configuring a Voice VLAN

This example assumes that network administrator wants to create the VLANs 

For an example that shows how to use a RADIUS server to provide VLAN 

information, see "Controlling Authentication-Based VLAN Assignment" on 

page 530. For an example that shows how to allow the switch to dynamically 

create RADIUS-assigned VLANS, see "Allowing Dynamic VLAN Creation of 

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Engineering Port-based

All employees in the Engineering department 

use this VLAN. Confining this department’s 

traffic to a single VLAN helps reduce the amount 

of traffic in the broadcast domain, which 

increases bandwidth.

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Marketing

Port-based

All employees in the Marketing department use 

this VLAN.

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Sales

MAC-based The sales staff works remotely but occasionally 

comes to the office. Since these employees do 

not have assigned work areas, they typically plug 

their laptops into a network port in an available 

cubicle, office, or conference room. 

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Payroll

Port-based

The payroll department has sensitive traffic and 

needs its own VLAN to help keep that traffic 

private.