Tuesday, September 27, 2016

VTP Domain


what is VTP 
layer 2 messaging protocol

why we use VTP
We use VTP to maintain VLAN configuration consistency

How we maintain vlan configuration consistency
By managing the addition, deletion and renaming of vlans within a VTP domain

what is VTP domain
Made up of one or more network devices 
All devices in same VTP domain share same VTP domain name

what are the benefits of using VTP
  • Minimizes misconfiguration
  • Configuration consistencies
  • Prevent number of problems such as duplicate vlan names, incorrect vlan type specification and security violations




VTP domain


What is VTP domain
Made up of one or more interconnected network devices
All devices share same VTP domain name

1) A network device can be configured to be in ________ domain


What is the default VTP mode
Server mode

What is the default domain name
Set to null 

When VTP domain name on a switch changes
Receives an advertisement for a domain over a trunk link
We manually configure domain name


what happen when switch receives a VTP advertisment over a trunk link
Inherits management domain name and VTP configuration revision number

what happen when a change is made on the VTP server switch
Change is propagated to all network devices in the VTP domain

2) VTP advertisement are transmitted out all _______ and ________trunk connections







Answer 

1) Only One VTP
2) inter-switch link,  IEEE 802.1Q

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