# Introduction to VLANs **URL:** \ **Category:** Lessons Discussion\ **Created:** [December 20, 2016, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/introduction-to-vlans/867 "2016-12-20T22:07:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 92
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Hello Ajeet Take a look at this post about the management VLAN. Although it speaks about the ASA, the concepts are the same for a Layer 2 switch. > [@ASA Management VLAN](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/asa-management-vlan/13842/2): > > Hello Irfan Creating a management VLAN simply means that you are creating one more VLAN on your topology. There’s nothing special about a management VLAN, so you simply configure it the same way as the rest of the VLANs. You simply designate the particular interfaces (SVI on the switch and subinterface on the ASA) through which you will access their CLIs. You can also block any SSH or Telnet access on other SVIs and subinterfaces for security. Now in order to actually use it as a management… For a Layer 2 switch, you must create an SVI for that VLAN and assign an IP address to it. You can then use that address to Telnet or SSH into the device to obtain a CLI prompt. If you need any further help in this, please let us know! I hope this has been helpful! Laz --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.networklessons.com/t/introduction-to-vlans/867)._