Lab Tips: VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) is a proprietary Cisco protocol that is used to share VLAN configuration information over the trunk link between Cisco switches. VTP allows switches to share and…
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CCNA 640-802 Bible – Configure,Verify and Troubleshoot VTP
1. What is the purpose of the command shown below? vtp password Fl0r1da A: It is used to validate the sources of VTP advertisements sent between switches. B: It is used to…
CCNA 640-802 Bible – Configure,Verify and Troubleshoot Trunking
1. When a new trunk is configured on a 2950 switch, which VLANs by default are allowed over the trunk link? A: no VLANs B: all VLANs C: only VLANs 1 –…
CCNA 640-802 Bible – Describe Enhanced Switching Technologies
1. A network administrator needs to force a high-performance switch that is located in the MDF to become the root bridge for a redundant path switched network. What can be done to…
R&S Quick Notes – Switching
With the insane amount of theory to go through before the big day comes, it is only normal for a couple of items to get lost in the masses. On top of…
CCNP BCMSN(642-812) Lab – VTP
VLAN Trunk Protocol (VTP) reduces administration in a switched network. When you configure a new VLAN on one VTP server, the VLAN is distributed through all switches in the domain. This reduces…
CCNP BCMSN(642-812) Lab – Spanning-Tree(STP)
Spanning-Tree Protocol is a link management protocol that provides path redundancy while preventing undesirable loops in the network. For an Ethernet network to function properly, only one active path can exist between…
How to configure VTP?
Before VLANs can be configured, VTP must be configured. By default, every switch will operate in VTP server mode for the management domain NULL, with no password or secure mode. The following…
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
Administration of network environments that consists of many interconnected switches is complicated. Cisco has developed a propriety solution to manage VLANs across such networks using the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) to exchange…