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Figure 18-25 Edge EFPs Displayed Inside and Outside of Switching Entities
You can delete EFPs and switching entities that have a reconciliation icon by right-clicking them and 
choosing Delete. After all switching entities and EFPs are deleted from a network VLAN, the empty 
network VLAN is automatically deleted from the Vision client after a few minutes.
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Step 2Choose File > Add to Map > VLAN. The Add VLAN to map dialog box is displayed as shown in 
Figure 18-26.
Figure 18-26 Add VLAN Dialog Box 
Step 3
In the Add VLAN dialog box, do either of the following: 
Choose a search category, enter a search string, then click Go to narrow the VLAN display to a range 
of VLANs or a specific VLAN. 
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Figure 18-27 VLANs in Map View
After you add a VLAN to a map, you can use the Vision client to view its switching entities and Ethernet 
flow points. For more information, see:
Viewing and Renaming Ethernet Flow Domains, page 18-60
Viewing EFP Properties, page 18-51
You can view additional information about REP and STP in logical inventory, VLAN domain views, and 
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When removing VLANs from maps, keep the following in mind:
Removing a VLAN affects other users who are working with the same map view.
This option does not change the business configuration or database.
You cannot remove virtual routers or sites from the map without removing the VLAN.
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Figure 18-28 VLAN Mappings Tab in Physical Inventory 
Table 18-32 describes the information that is displayed in the VLAN Mappings table. 
Working with Associated VLANs
Prime Network discovers associations between network VLANs and displays the information in the 
Vision client. Network VLAN associations are represented by VLAN service links, and can be any of 
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When working with VLANs, you can: 
Add an associated VLAN—See Adding an Associated VLAN, page 18-72.
View properties for associated VLANs—See Viewing Associated Network VLAN Service Links 
and VLAN Mapping Properties, page 18-74.
Adding an Associated VLAN
To add an associated VLAN to an existing VLAN in a map: 
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Figure 18-29 Add Associated VLAN Window
In this example, the selected network VLAN has one associated VLAN: VLAN-1742. 
Table 18-34 describes the information displayed in the Add Associated VLAN table.
Step 3Select the required VLAN in the Add Associated VLAN table, then click OK. 
The associated network VLAN is added to the map in the Vision client. 
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Viewing Associated Network VLAN Service Links and VLAN Mapping Properties
After you add an associated network VLAN, you can:
View the associated network VLAN service links in the Vision client in the thumbnail view. 
View VLAN mapping properties in the Link Properties window.
To view associated network VLAN service links and VLAN mapping properties:
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If VLAN tag manipulation is configured on the link, the VLAN Mapping Properties area in the Link 
Properties window displays the relevant information. For example, in Figure 18-31, the VLAN Mapping 
Properties area shows that a one-to-one VLAN mapping for VLAN tag 1709 to VLAN tag 709 is 
configured on GigabitEthernet1/1/1 on c7-sw8 on the egress direction. 
Figure 18-31 VLAN...

  
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Figure 18-32 VLAN Elements and Devices in the Vision Window
The elements are configured as follows:
Port GigabitEthernet1/1/2 on element c7-sw10 is connected to port GigabitEthernet1/1/2 on element 
c7-sw8 by an Ethernet topology link.
Port GigabitEthernet1/1/2 on element c7-sw10 is a trunk port associated with VLAN-1704 which is 
configured on element c7-sw10.
Port...