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VLANs and access ports with a voice VLAN

Split a flat office network into staff, guest, voice and management VLANs across two switches, give a desk an IP phone port, park the unused ports, and prove which hosts can still reach each other.

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In your workspace: Shared, then CCNA 200-301 guided labs, then 08 - VLANs and access ports with a voice VLAN

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Level
Beginner
Time
About 50 minutes
Nodes need
6 vCPU, 6,144 MB
Smallest plan
Lite

The scenario

Orchard Medical Centre runs everything in one flat network: reception PCs, guests' laptops and the new IP phones all share VLAN 1. The practice manager wants guests separated from staff, a VLAN ready for the phones, and the switches managed from their own network. The trunk between the two switches already exists; everything else is up to you.

DevicePortVLANAddress
PC1 (behind an IP phone)S1 Gi0/110 STAFF, voice 15010.8.10.11/24
PC2S1 Gi0/220 GUEST10.8.20.12/24
PC3S2 Gi0/110 STAFF10.8.10.13/24
PC4S2 Gi0/220 GUEST10.8.20.14/24
S1SVI VLAN 9999 MGMT10.8.99.1/24
S2SVI VLAN 9999 MGMT10.8.99.2/24
Unused portsGi0/3, Gi1/0–Gi1/3999 PARKING, shut–

Topology: PC1, PC2 — S1 · S1 Gi0/0 — S2 Gi0/0 (802.1Q trunk) · PC3, PC4 — S2. The PCs' gateways (.1) will be added in the inter-VLAN routing labs.

What you’ll practise

  • Explain the default VLAN and the normal and extended VLAN ranges
  • Create and name VLANs and assign access ports
  • Configure a data and voice VLAN on one access port for an IP phone
  • Give switches a management address in a dedicated VLAN
  • Secure unused ports in a parking VLAN

The tasks

  1. Look at the defaults
  2. Create the VLANs
  3. Assign the access ports
  4. Prepare desk 1 for an IP phone
  5. Move management into its own VLAN
  6. Park and disable unused ports
  7. Test and explain the boundaries

The Lab Tasks pane has the scenario, these tasks, the checks to run, hints and the full solution.

Topology and devices

The network as it opens in EVE-NG, drawn from the lab’s own canvas, and the image each node runs.

Topology of VLANs and access ports with a voice VLAN6 nodes, 5 links. Every link is listed as text below the diagram.S1S2PC1PC2PC3PC4Gi0/1eth0Gi0/2eth0Gi0/1eth0Gi0/2eth0Gi0/0Gi0/0
6 nodes, with the interface names each link uses. On a narrow screen, scroll the diagram sideways.
Every link, as text
  • S1 Gi0/0 to S2 Gi0/0
  • S1 Gi0/1 to PC1 eth0
  • S1 Gi0/2 to PC2 eth0
  • S2 Gi0/1 to PC3 eth0
  • S2 Gi0/2 to PC4 eth0
Nodes in VLANs and access ports with a voice VLAN, with the image each runs and the vCPU and RAM it’s set to
NodeDeviceImage in Add NodeSet to
S1Cisco IOSvL2viosl2-adventerprisek9-m.ssa.high_iron_202009291 vCPU, 1,024 MB
S2Cisco IOSvL2viosl2-adventerprisek9-m.ssa.high_iron_202009291 vCPU, 1,024 MB
PC1VPCS hostBuilt in to EVE-NGCounted as 1 vCPU, 1,024 MB
PC2VPCS hostBuilt in to EVE-NGCounted as 1 vCPU, 1,024 MB
PC3VPCS hostBuilt in to EVE-NGCounted as 1 vCPU, 1,024 MB
PC4VPCS hostBuilt in to EVE-NGCounted as 1 vCPU, 1,024 MB

How to open this lab

  1. Sign in to your workspace at lab.cloudlabbox.com.

  2. In File Manager, open Shared, then the folder CCNA 200-301 guided labs.

  3. Open 08 - VLANs and access ports with a voice VLAN and start its nodes, then open Lab Tasks for the scenario and the steps.

The lab is read-only. You can start the nodes and configure the devices, but changes to the topology can’t be saved. To change it, rebuild it in your own folder.

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