1. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE I Chapter 6 1 Implement VTP LAN Switching and Wireless – Chapter 4

2. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 2 What is VTP?  Allow network manager to configure a switch so that it propagate VLAN config to other switches  Only learn about normal –range VLAN (1-1005)

3. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 3 VTP example

4. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 4 Benefit of VTP  Consistent VLAN configuration across the network  Accurate tracking and monitoring of VLANs  Dynamic reporting of added VLANs across a network  Dynamic trunk configuration when VLANs are added to the network

5. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 5 VTP components: VTP Domain All switches in a domain share VLAN configuration details using VTP advertisements. A router or Layer 3 switch defines the boundary of each domain.

6. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 6 VTP Domain

7. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 7 VTP mode

8. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 8 VTP Mode

9. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 9 VTP Pruning VTP pruning increases network available bandwidth by restricting flooded traffic to those trunk links that the traffic must use to reach the destination devices.

10. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 10 Default VTP Configuration VTP has three versions, 1, 2, and 3. Only one VTP version is allowed in a VTP domain.

11. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 11 VTP Advertisement  VTP exchanges domain and VLAN information between switches in the same VTP domain

12. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 12 Subset Advertisement

13. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 13 VTP Request

14. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 14 Common Problem with VTP configuration Incorrect VTP Domain Name: Solution: Only set the VTP domain name on one VTP server switch

15. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 15 Common VTP Configuration Problem

16. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 16 Incorrect Revision Number “S4 is added with preconfigured VLAN values” Eventually this info will be adopted and no traffic will be forwarded “S4 is added with preconfigured VLAN values” Eventually this info will be adopted and no traffic will be forwarded

17. © 2006 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved.Cisco PublicITE 1 Chapter 6 17 Lab1- Basic VTP Configuration Lab2- Challenge VTP Configuration