VLAN Trunking Protocol Imagine you just configured 50 VLANs in your local switch. If you want to have these VLANs span your five switches in your network, you have to configure each switch with those exact VLANs. That is at least 200 more configurations that you have to perform before you can even begin to assign the VLANs to their respective ports. To minimize the … [Read more...]
CCNP Switch: VLAN Trunking Protocol
CCNP Switch: VLAN Trunking Protocol VLAN Trunking Protocol As the previous chapter demonstrated, VLAN configuration and trunking on a switch or a small group of switches is fairly intuitive. Campus network environments, however, usually consist of many interconnected switches. Configuring and managing a large number of switches, VLANs, and VLAN trunks quickly can get out of … [Read more...]
CCNP Switch FAQ: VLAN Trunking Protocol
CCNP Switch FAQ: VLAN Trunking Protocol Q1. Which of the following is not a Catalyst switch VTP mode? a. Server b. Client c. Designated d. Transparent Answer: C Q2. A switch in VTP transparent mode can do which one of the following? a. Create a new VLAN b. Only listen to VTP advertisements c. Send its own VTP advertisements d. Cannot make VLAN configuration … [Read more...]