Dell Networking OS6: How to create VLANs

Summary: How to create Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) on PowerSwitch devices running Dell Networking OS6.

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Overview

Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) are used to create logical network segments within a broadcast domain for purposes of traffic management, security, and network administration. By default, all ports on N-series switches (N1100, N1500, N2000, N2100, N3000, N3100, and N4000 models) are assigned to VLAN ID 1 as access ports. This means that the interfaces will be sending untagged traffic in that VLAN and operate in a single broadcast domain unless configured otherwise.

 

Single VLAN Configuration Example 

Command Parameters
DellSwitch# configure Enter Configuration Mode.
DellSwitch(config)# VLAN 10 Enter the Specific VLAN ID that you are creating in a VLAN X format.
DellSwitch(config-vlan10)# exit Exit VLAN configuration mode.

 

HOW12374_en_US__1icon Valid VLAN IDs for configuration are 1-4093.
HOW12374_en_US__1icon Multiple VLANs can be created at once using a dash "-" to designate a sequential range of VLANs, or using a comma "," to designate nonsequential VLANs.

 

Multiple VLAN Configuration Example

Command Parameters
DellSwitch# configure Enter Configuration Mode.
DellSwitch(config)# vlan 3-5 Enter the specific range of VLAN ID in vlan x-y format.
DellSwitch(config-vlan3-5)# exit Exit VLAN configuration mode.

 

Set an Optional Name for the VLAN 

Command Parameters
DellSwitch# configure Enter Configuration Mode.
DellSwitch(config)#vlan 10 Enter the ID of the VLAN that you want to name.
DellSwitch(config-vlan10)#name Storage Enter the name in a name X format.
DellSwitch(config-vlan10)#end Exit configuration mode 
DellSwitch# show vlan

VLAN   Name                             Ports          Type
-----  ---------------                  -------------  --------------
1      default                          Gi6/0/1-48,    Default
                                        Te6/0/1-2
10     Storage                                         Static
VLAN 1 is automatically assigned the name "default" which cannot be changed.
 
HOW12374_en_US__1icon New VLANs are automatically named using the syntax "VLANxxxx" where xxxx is the four-digit VLAN ID. For example, VLAN 50 has the name VLAN0050.

Additional VLAN Commands

Check all switch VLANs and port assignments using the command show vlan.
 

Dell# show vlan

VLAN    Name                   Ports                                  Type
----- ---------------              -------------                          --------------
1         default                 Po1-128,                               Default
  Gi1/0/1-24,Te2/0/1-2
Check information on a specific VLAN by using the command show vlan id or show vlan name.

Dell# show vlan id 100

VLAN Name Ports Type
----- --------------- ------------- --------------
100    VLAN0100             Static

RSPAN Vlan
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Disabled

 

Video on How to Create New VLANs on your N Series Switch

Affected Products

PowerSwitch N1100-ON Series, PowerSwitch N1500 Series, PowerSwitch N2000 Series, PowerSwitch N2100 Series, PowerSwitch N2200-ON Series, PowerSwitch N3000 Series, Dell EMC PowerSwitch N3100 Series, Dell EMC Networking N3200-ON , PowerSwitch N4000 Series ...
Article Properties
Article Number: 000104854
Article Type: How To
Last Modified: 02 Jul 2025
Version:  5
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