Enabling Dynamic VLANs for Network Login

By default, the setting is disabled.

To enable the switch to create dynamic VLAN (Virtual LAN)s, use the following command:

configure netlogin dynamic-vlan [disable | enable]

When enabled, the switch dynamically creates VLANs. Remember, dynamically created VLANs are not permanent nor are user-created VLANs. The switch uses the VLAN ID supplied by the RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial In User Service) attributes (as described below) to create the VLAN. The switch only creates a dynamic VLAN if the requested VLAN, indicated by the VLAN ID, does not currently exist on the switch.

The RADIUS server uses VSAs to forward VLAN information.The forwarded information can include only a VLAN ID (no VLAN name). The following list specifies the supported VSAs for configuring dynamic VLANs:

Extreme: Netlogin-VLAN-ID (VSA 209)
Extreme: Netlogin-Extended-VLAN (VSA 211)
IETF: Tunnel-Private-Group-ID (VSA 81)

Note

If the ASCII string contains only numbers, it is interpreted as the VLAN ID. Dynamic VLANS support only numerical VLAN IDs; VLAN names are not supported.

The switch automatically generates the VLAN name in the following format: SYS_VLAN_TAG where TAG specifies the VLAN ID. For example, a dynamic VLAN with an ID of 10 has the name SYS_VLAN_0010.

Note

Like all VLAN names, dynamic VLAN names are unique. If you create a VLAN and use the name of an existing dynamic VLAN, the switch now sees the dynamic VLAN as a user-created VLAN and will save this VLAN to the switch configuration. If this occurs, the switch does not delete the VLAN after the supplicants are authenticated and moved to the permanent VLAN.