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VTP. By Saleh Almotrafy & Muteb Alharbi. Content :. Concept of VTP. The benefit of VTP. VTP advertisement. VTP Modes. How does VTP work. Troubleshooting . Summary. Concept of VTP. VTP ( V lan T runking P rotocol). It is a Cisco proprietary protocol.
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VTP By SalehAlmotrafy & MutebAlharbi
Content : • Concept of VTP. • The benefit of VTP. • VTP advertisement. • VTP Modes. • How does VTP work. • Troubleshooting. • Summary
Concept of VTP VTP (VlanTrunkingProtocol) • It is a Cisco proprietary protocol. • VTP carries VLAN information to all the switches in a VTP domain.
Benefit of VTP VTP gives you the ability to monitor the VLAN database on switches. Therefore you save the time and cost for maintaining VLAN.
VTP advertisement • Are sent every 5 minutes. • inform VTP enabled switches of the current VTP configuration number. • are sent immediately after configuration changes.
How does VTP work Trunking provides effective communication between switches in a network.
Troubleshooting • VTP domain name must be the same. • The cable between switches must be TRUNK.
Summary • VLAN Trucking Protocol is used for exchanging virtual local area network database. • VTP is a Cisco proprietary protocol. • VTP modes are VTP server, VTP client and VTP transparent. • VTP advertisement are sent every 5 minutes. • VTP advertisement that is meant sent update VLAN database for all switches. • Trucking provides effective communication between switches in a network. • Troubleshooting for VTP like VTP domain name must be the same and • the cable between switches must be TRUNK.