1. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 1 Version 4.0 VLANs LAN Switching and Wireless – Chapter 3

2. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 2 Explain the Role of VLANs in a Converged Network  Describe the VLAN port membership modes

3. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 3 Explain the Role of VLANs in a Converged Network  Describe how to manage broadcast domains with VLANs

4. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 4 Explain the Role of Trunking VLANs in a Converged Network  Describe how a trunk works

5. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 5 Configure VLANs on the Switches in a Converged Network Topology  Describe the steps to configure trunks and VLANs

6. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 6 Configure VLANs on the Switches in a Converged Network Topology  Describe the Cisco IOS commands used to create a VLAN on a Cisco Catalyst switch

7. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 7 Configure VLANs on the Switches in a Converged Network Topology  Describe the Cisco IOS commands used to manage VLANs on a Cisco Catalyst switch

8. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 8 Configure VLANs on the Switches in a Converged Network Topology  Describe the Cisco IOS commands used to create a trunk on a Cisco Catalyst switch

9. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 9 Troubleshoot Common Software or Hardware Misconfigurations Associated with VLANs  Describe the common problems with VLANs and trunks

10. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 10

11. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 11 Objectives  Explain the role of VLANs in a converged network.  Explain the role of trunking VLANs in a converged network.  Configure VLANs on the switches in a converged network topology.  Troubleshoot the common software or hardware misconfigurations associated with VLANs on switches in a converged network topology.

12. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 12 Explain the Role of VLANs in a Converged Network  Explain the role of VLANs in a converged network

13. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 13 Explain the Role of VLANs in a Converged Network  Describe the different types VLANs

14. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 14 Explain the Role of Trunking VLANs in a Converged Network  Explain the role of a trunk when using multiple VLANs in a converged network

15. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 15 Explain the Role of Trunking VLANs in a Converged Network  Describe the switch port trunking modes

16. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 16  Describe the common problems with VLANs and trunks Troubleshoot Common Software or Hardware Misconfigurations Associated with VLANs

17. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 17  Describe how to use the troubleshooting procedure to fix a common problem with VLAN configurations Troubleshoot Common Software or Hardware Misconfigurations Associated with VLANs

18. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 18 Summary  VLANS Allows an administrator to logically group devices that act as their own network Are used to segment broadcast domains Some benefits of VLANs include Cost reduction, security, higher performance, better management

19. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 19 Summary  Types of Traffic on a VLAN include Data Voice Network protocol Network management  Communication between different VLANs requires the use of Routers

20. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco Public 20 Summary  Trunks A common conduit used by multiple VLANS for intra-VLAN communication  EEE 802.1Q The standard trunking protocol Uses frame tagging to identify the VLAN to which a frame belongs Does not tag native VLAN traffic