Using the WhatsConfigured VLAN Manager
The WhatsConfigured VLAN Manager allows users to easily and dynamically update VLAN configurations. Through the VLAN Manager, users can add, edit, and delete VLANs from individual devices. Additionally, users can easily copy and move single or multiple VLANs from one network device to other VLAN capable network devices through the VLAN Manager.
To access the VLAN Manager:
- From the WhatsUp Gold web interface, go to .
VLAN Manager Requirements
In order to manage device VLAN configurations through the WhatsConfigured VLAN Manager, ensure that your devices meet the following requirements.
- The devices you attempt to configure must have proper read/write SNMP credentials assigned.
- For Cisco devices, your device must support the Cisco VTP MIB.
For more information on Cisco trunking, see Cisco's documentation.
To configure device VLANs using the VLAN Manager:
- Click to choose a device from the Select Device dialog.
- Click to discover and view the VLAN configuration for the selected device. The discovered VLAN information is displayed in the VLANs section of the dialog.
- In the VLANs section of the dialog, configure device VLANs,
- Click to add a VLAN to the device.
- Select a VLAN, then click to modify its properties.
: You cannot edit the VLAN Index. If you want to modify a VLAN's index number, you must delete the VLAN and add the VLAN again with the desired index number. Additionally, you cannot edit VLANs that are reserved by the switch vendor. For example, default VLANs and Cisco Reserved (1000-1024).
- Select a VLAN, then click to remove it from the device.
: You will be prompted before you remove a VLAN from a device.
- Select a VLAN, then click to duplicate the VLAN Name/Index configuration to another VLAN capable device.
: You can select multiple VLANs in which to copy to another network device. Additionally, you can copy one or more VLANs to multiple network devices at one time.
- In the Port VLAN Configuration section of the dialog, configure VLAN port assignments, and/or commit configuration changes.
- Select a VLAN switch port, then click to set the static (primary) VLAN ID.
- Select a VLAN switch port, then click to modify its Trunk configuration tags.
- Select a VLAN switch port, then click to return the port to its default, non-trunking configuration.
- Click to copy the currently running config of the selected device to the startup config.
- Click to exit the dialog.