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Mar 9 2009   5:14AM GMT

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) Overview – Series 4



Posted by: Yasir Irfan
VLAN Trunking Protocol, VTP, Cisco Proprietary, Layer 2, Cisco, IEEE, Cisco Catalyst Switches, Switches, VTP Overview, What is VTP, VTP Domain, GVRP

What do you think what happens? If a new Cisco Catalyst® switch is placed between any two VTP domains, the Cisco Catalyst® switch will join the VTP domain identified by the first VTP update it receives. Just check the below example.

 

 

The VTP domain can be changed to another in a Cisco Catalyst® switch by using the CLI prompt, this is the only way you can change.

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