Cisco 4500M Command Reference

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Catalyst4500 Series SwitchCiscoIOS Command Reference—Release 12.2(18)EW
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Chapter2 Cisco IOS Commands for the Catalyst 4500 Series Switches
instance
instance
To map a VLAN or a set of VLANs to an MST instance, use the instance command. To return the
VLANs to the common instance default, use the no form of this command.
instance instance-id {vlans vlan-range}
no instance instance-id
Syntax Description
Defaults Mapping is disabled.
Command Modes MST configuration
Command History
Usage Guidelines The mapping is incremental, not absolute. This means that when you enter a range of VLANs, this range
is added or removed to the existing ones.
Any unmapped VLAN is mapped to the CIST instance.
Examples This example shows how to map a range of VLANs to instance 2:
Switch(config-mst)# instance 2 vlans 1-100
Switch(config-mst)#
This example shows how to map a VLAN to instance 5:
Switch(config-mst)# instance 5 vlans 1100
Switch(config-mst)#
This example shows how to move a range of VLANs from instance 2 to the CIST instance:
Switch(config-mst)# no instance 2 vlans 40-60
Switch(config-mst)#
This example shows how to move all the VLANs mapped to instance 2 back to the CIST instance:
Switch(config-mst)# no instance 2
Switch(config-mst)#
instance-id MST instance to which the specified VLANs are mapped; valid values are
from 0to 15.
vlans vlan-range Specifies the number of the VLANs to be mapped to the specified instance.
The number is entered as a single value or a range; valid values are from
1to 4094.
Release Modification
12.1(12c)EW Support for this command was introduced on the Catalyst 4500 series switch.

Cisco 4500M Specifications

General

Brand	Cisco
Model	4500M
Category	Network Router
Language	English