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VLAN Management

VLANs

A VLAN represents an isolated layer two domain, identified by a name and a numeric ID (1-4094) as defined in IEEE 802.1Q. VLANs are arranged into VLAN groups to define scope and to enforce uniqueness.

Each VLAN must be assigned one of the following operational statuses:

  • Active

  • Reserved

  • Deprecated

As with prefixes, each VLAN may also be assigned a functional role. Prefixes and VLANs share the same set of customizable roles.

VLAN Groups

VLAN groups can be used to organize VLANs within NetBox. Each VLAN group can be scoped to a particular region, site group, site, location, rack, cluster group, or cluster. Member VLANs will be available for assignment to devices and/or virtual machines within the specified scope.

A minimum and maximum child VLAN ID must be set for each group. (These default to 1 and 4094 respectively.) VLANs created within a group must have a VID that falls between these values (inclusive).

Groups can also be used to enforce uniqueness: Each VLAN within a group must have a unique ID and name. VLANs which are not assigned to a group may have overlapping names and IDs (including VLANs which belong to a common site). For example, you can create two VLANs with ID 123, but they cannot both be assigned to the same group.