New VLAN shutdown

[syndicate47]

I have created a new VLAN on a Catalyst 3500XL and assigned port 24 access to it. The VLAN has an IP and Subnet Mask but for some reason it is always ahutdown. I have tried the no shutdown command but nothing happens??

This is all new to me and I'm learning as I go. Any help would be great.

Thanks

 

[ADB100]

You can't do this on a 3500XL as it is a Layer-2 switch and has no routing (Layer-3) capabilities. To route between VLAN's you will need a minimum of a Catalyst 3550.

This post is getting rather a common occurance on this forum and it seems people just don't read the documentation. Have a search for 3500XL or 2900XL (or 2924XL etc) and you should find a few answers.

Andy

 

[lambent]

This is a layer-2 switch and there's only 1 SVI up at any time which is used for switch management purpose.

So if you want to make a new SVI for management purpose, you need to shut down other SVIs first if they exist.

 

[syndicate47]

Thanks for your help.