Troubleshooting Dynamic Port Vlan Membership - Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Configuration Manual

Chapter 15 Configuring VLANs, VTP, and VMPS

Troubleshooting Dynamic Port VLAN Membership

VMPS errdisables a dynamic port under the following conditions:
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For information on how to display the status of interfaces in error-disabled state, refer to
Chapter 8, "Checking Port Status and Connectivity."
errdisable recovery cause vmps global configuration command.
Dynamic Port VLAN Membership Configuration Example
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dynamic ports. In this example, these assumptions apply:
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The VMPS is in secure mode, and it does not allow the host to connect to the port. The VMPS
errdisables the port to prevent the host from connecting to the network.
More than 50 active hosts reside on a dynamic port.
shows a network with a VMPS servers and VMPS client switches with
The VMPS server and the VMPS client are separate switches.
The Catalyst 4000 family Switch 1 (running Catalyst Operating System) is the primary VMPS
server.
The Catalyst 6000 family Switch 3 (running Catalyst Operating System) and the URT are secondary
VMPS servers.
End stations are connected to these clients:
Catalyst 4500 series XL Switch 2 (running Catalyst Cisco IOS)
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Catalyst 4500 series XL Switch 9 (running Catalyst Cisco IOS)
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The database configuration file is called Bldg-G.db and is stored on the TFTP server with the IP
address 172.20.22.7.
To recover an errdisabled port, use the
Software Configuration Guide—Release IOS XE 3.3.0SG and IOS 15.1(1)SG
VLAN Membership Policy Server
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