An end-station must become a member of a VLAN before it can share the broadcast domain with other end-stations on that VLAN. The switch ports can be configured to belong to one or more VLANs (static registration), or end-stations can register their VLAN membership dynamically, with VLAN-aware switches.
VLAN membership can be based on one of the following:
In Data ONTAP, VLAN membership is port-based, or based on switch ports. With port-based VLANs, ports on the same or different switches can be grouped to create a VLAN. As a result, multiple VLANs can exist on a single switch.