Managing VLANs on a filer

Modifying a VLAN interface

Command for modifying a VLAN

The vlan modify command enables or disables GVRP on all the interfaces of a network adapter. That is, you can enable GVRP on network adapter e8 of a filer but not the VLAN interface e8-2. Once you enable GVRP on a network adapter, it is enabled on all associated VLAN interfaces.

Modifying a VLAN interface

To enable or disable GVRP on VLAN interfaces, complete the following step.

Step	Action
1	Enter the following command: vlan modify -g {on\|off} ifname `-g` enables (on) or disables (off) GVRP. ifname is the name of the network adapter. Note VLANs modified using the `vlan modify` command are not persistent across reboots unless the `vlan` commands are added to the /etc/rc file.

Step

Action

Enter the following command:

vlan modify -g {on|off} ifname

-g enables (on) or disables (off) GVRP.

ifname is the name of the network adapter.

Note
VLANs modified using the vlan modify command are not persistent across reboots unless the vlan commands are added to the /etc/rc file.