Configure a VLAN and a Virtual Router to Use a Front Panel Port for Local Management

About this task

Most of the 5320 Series models do not have a dedicated Ethernet port for out-of-band (OOB) management. Instead, you can create and configure a VLAN and a virtual router in order to use a front panel port for local switch management.

Note

Models 5320-24T-4X-XT and 5320-24T-24S-4XE-XT have a dedicated Ethernet port for out-of-band (OOB) management.

Procedure

Create a user virtual router (VR) using the following command:
For models 5320-48T-8XE and 5320-48P-8XE, use the following command:
```
create vr vr-name
```
For all other models, use the following command:
```
create vr vr-name local-only
```
create vr VR-mymgmt
Create a VLAN and connect the virtual router using the following command:
create vlan vlan-name vr vr-name

create vlan myvlan vr VR-mymgmt
Remove the port to use as the management port from the default virtual router (vr-default) using the following command:
configure vr vr-default delete port port-number

configure vr vr-default delete port 12
Add the port to use as the management port to the virtual router using the following command:
configure vr vr-name add port port-number

configure vr vr-mymgmt add port 12
Add the port to use as the management port to the VLAN using the following command:
configure vlan-name add port port-number

configure myvlan add port 12
Configure the IP address and subnet mask length using the following command:
configure vlan-name ipaddress ipaddress/subnet-mask

configure myvlan ipaddress 10.69.8.100/24
Configure the default gateway (you must specify VR-Mgmt for the management port and VLAN mgmt) using the following command:
configure vlan-name iproute add default ipaddress vr vr-name

configure iproute add default 10.69.8.1 vr vr-mymgmt
Enter save to save your configuration changes so that they will be in effect after the next system reboot

Results

The configuration is saved to the configuration database of the switch.