Dell Networking S-Series: How to create VLANs using Console Command Line (2024)

Use the following procedure:

1. Open the CLI using the console or management IP for your S-series switch.
2. Log in to the privileged exec mode using your management credentials.
3. To verify existing VLAN configurations use the Show vlancommand, press enter.

NOTE: VLAN 1 is default and active on factory-default configurations.

4. To create VLANs, run the configure terminalcommand to edit the switch configuration, press enter.
5. To create a single VLAN, use the interface VLAN command where X is the VLAN number, press enter.
6. To create a range of VLANs, use the interface range vlancommand followed by the VLAN numbers you want to add. For consecutive VLANs, use a hyphen. For nonconsecutive ranges, use a comma. You can also combine consecutive and nonconsecutive ranges if you must make bulk changes at one time.

Example:

• Consecutive range of VLANs 3 through 5 is: interface range vlan 3-5.
• Nonconsecutive range of VLANs 3,10, and 200 is: interface range vlan 3,10,200.
• A mix of consecutive and nonconsecutive VLANs is: interface range vlan 3-5,10,200.

7. To back out of the privileged exec mode, type End, press enter.
8. To verify the changes, rerun the command Show interface VLAN.
9. Once you have validated the changes and are ready to save your changes to the startup configuration, use the write memorycommand, press enter.

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