Preparing for VLAN Configuration

A little forethought and planning is essential to a successful VLAN implementation. Before attempting to configure a single device for VLAN operation, consider the following:

• What is the purpose of my VLAN design? (For example: security or traffic broadcast containment).
• How many VLANs will be required?
• What stations (end users, servers, etc.) will belong to them?
• What ports on the switch are connected to those stations?
• What ports will be configured as dynamic VLAN GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP) or Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (MVRP) aware ports?
• What VLANs will not perform dynamic VLAN GVRP or MVRP processing?

Determining how you want information to flow and how your network resources can be best used to accomplish this will help you customize the tasks described in this document to suit your needs and infrastructure.

Once your planning is complete, you would proceed through the steps described in Configuring VLANs.