VLAN Interfaces

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When it is necessary to provide a system access to one of the defined VLANs without having an available network interface, create the virtual interface on the primary ethernet interface. The VLANs defined for WilliamsNet are:

VLAN number VLAN name IP subnet VLAN purpose
1 HomeNet 10.0.0.0/24 Primary VLAN
10 StorageNet 10.1.0.0/24 Private network for Development Cluster
15 SCSIVLAN 10.2.0.0/24 isolated VLAN for iSCSI Storage Traffic
20 MgmtVLAN unused
21 NodeBackbone unused
22 StorageVLAN unused

Note that all these are defined in the HP Procurve Switches (http://10.0.0.1 -- interface requires java plugins, and only accessible using IE 11)

When creating the virtual interface, ensure that the port used by the system is included in the 'tagged' definition for the appropriate VLAN in the ProCurve VLAN configuration.

Debian 10

The following is excerpted from https://wiki.debian.org/NetworkConfiguration#Bridges_and_VLANs

The interface can be set up manually using the following commands:

modprobe 8021q

apt install vlan

vconfig add eth0 222    # 222 is vlan number
ifconfig eth0.222 up
ifconfig eth0.222 10.10.10.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

As this will disappear with the next reboot, it is recommended to put the definition in the /etc/network/interfaces file:

auto eth0.222
iface eth0.222 inet static
        address 10.10.10.1/24
        vlan-raw-device eth0