topic what is the difference between the result of vlan create and vlan add? in ONTAP Discussions https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/what-is-the-difference-between-the-result-of-vlan-create-and-vlan-add/m-p/12610#M2907 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am new to NetApp world, and trying to create VLAN interface, but I saw all VLAN interfaces of one active-active cluster were created by "vlan create", and all VLAN interfaces of another active-active cluster were created by "vlan add". the output of ifconfig -a of the 2 active-active clusters have no difference.</P><P></P><P>so what is the difference of the result of vlan create and vlan add?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:04:49 GMT dannyfu0928 2025-06-05T06:04:49Z what is the difference between the result of vlan create and vlan add? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/what-is-the-difference-between-the-result-of-vlan-create-and-vlan-add/m-p/12610#M2907 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am new to NetApp world, and trying to create VLAN interface, but I saw all VLAN interfaces of one active-active cluster were created by "vlan create", and all VLAN interfaces of another active-active cluster were created by "vlan add". the output of ifconfig -a of the 2 active-active clusters have no difference.</P><P></P><P>so what is the difference of the result of vlan create and vlan add?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:04:49 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/what-is-the-difference-between-the-result-of-vlan-create-and-vlan-add/m-p/12610#M2907 dannyfu0928 2025-06-05T06:04:49Z Re: what is the difference between the result of vlan create and vlan add? https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/what-is-the-difference-between-the-result-of-vlan-create-and-vlan-add/m-p/12615#M2912 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Can you post the relevant /etc/rc lines?</P><P></P><P>vlan create is supposed to create one or more vlanids on an interface.&nbsp; vlan add will add a vlanid to an interface that already has vlanids configured.</P><P></P><P>The man page says that vlan create will convert an interface to a vlan only interface, making it sound like you must run vlan create before vlan add - but it's possible that the code will, if vlan add is run on an interface that hasn't had a vlan create run, do the necessary stuff to set the interface up for vlans.</P><P></P><P>I would change the system that does everything my vlan add to vlan create, just in case that "extra functionality" goes away in the future.</P><P></P><P>Bill</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:03:27 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/ONTAP-Discussions/what-is-the-difference-between-the-result-of-vlan-create-and-vlan-add/m-p/12615#M2912 billshaffer 2013-04-18T16:03:27Z