This section summarizes the rules and restrictions for configuring network login MAC-based VLANs:
You must configure and enable network login on the switch and before you configure network login MAC-based VLANs.
If you attempt to configure the port‘s mode of operation before enabling network login, the switch displays an error message similar to the following:
ERROR: The following ports do not have NetLogin enabled; 1
On ExtremeXOS versions prior to 12.0 on switches other than the Summit family, 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports such as those on the 10G4X I/O module and the uplink ports on the Summit family of switches do not support network login MAC-based VLANs.
If you attempt to configure network login MAC-based VLANs on 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports, the switch displays an error message similar to the following:
ERROR: The following ports do not support the MAC-Based VLAN mode; 1, 2, 10
In ExtremeXOS version 12.0 and later, on the SummitStack and Summit family switches, and on the BlackDiamond 8800 and X8 switches, you can configure mac-based-VLANs on 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports.
You can have a maximum of 1,024 MAC addresses per I/O module or per switch.