VLAN
VLAN
Richard Rose
IT/242
4/5/2015
Gregory Ellis
VLAN
This paper will describe some of the benefits of creating a VLAN for our new company. It will also describe a plan for bandwidth consumption and improved security. The paper will go into VLAN membership, the type of switch that will be used, types of trunking configured on that switch, as well as the benefits of using the VLAN trunk protocol. It will also discuss the definition of the VTP mode used to configure the switches. A backup plan will also be discussed. The benefits of creating a VLAN for our new business are that every department will still be connected to one another even though they may be in a different location. This will be useful since some employees are being moved off-site. The new security plan and other shared services and devices can be used by the members off-site with a VLAN. Anything shared with the physical LAN will be shared with a VLAN. Adding members to a group will be done with software with a VLAN instead of moving wires or devices
Breaking up the network into different segments is a must if we want to reduce bandwidth consumption. Even though the company is moving employees to different locations and off-site, each group should still stay in the same segments. Since each segment will be its own broadcasting domain it will keep the bandwidth down.
A layer 3 switch would be the ideal choice for this network. This switch is optimized for high-performance LAN support. This will help in decreasing the chance for collisions and increasing bandwidth efficiency. Each group will have its own switch totaling four switches. Each switch will have the IEEE 802.1Q trunking method. This method is necessary since a nonproprietary VLAN protocol will be used and that is what IEEE 802.1Q is recommended for. The VLAN trunk protocol will benefit the company because of the small amount of switches will be used. The VTP will allow us to reduce the amount of packets being sent and
Richard Rose
IT/242
4/5/2015
Gregory Ellis
VLAN
This paper will describe some of the benefits of creating a VLAN for our new company. It will also describe a plan for bandwidth consumption and improved security. The paper will go into VLAN membership, the type of switch that will be used, types of trunking configured on that switch, as well as the benefits of using the VLAN trunk protocol. It will also discuss the definition of the VTP mode used to configure the switches. A backup plan will also be discussed. The benefits of creating a VLAN for our new business are that every department will still be connected to one another even though they may be in a different location. This will be useful since some employees are being moved off-site. The new security plan and other shared services and devices can be used by the members off-site with a VLAN. Anything shared with the physical LAN will be shared with a VLAN. Adding members to a group will be done with software with a VLAN instead of moving wires or devices
Breaking up the network into different segments is a must if we want to reduce bandwidth consumption. Even though the company is moving employees to different locations and off-site, each group should still stay in the same segments. Since each segment will be its own broadcasting domain it will keep the bandwidth down.
A layer 3 switch would be the ideal choice for this network. This switch is optimized for high-performance LAN support. This will help in decreasing the chance for collisions and increasing bandwidth efficiency. Each group will have its own switch totaling four switches. Each switch will have the IEEE 802.1Q trunking method. This method is necessary since a nonproprietary VLAN protocol will be used and that is what IEEE 802.1Q is recommended for. The VLAN trunk protocol will benefit the company because of the small amount of switches will be used. The VTP will allow us to reduce the amount of packets being sent and