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Configuring VTP
If NVRAM and DRAM storage is sufficient, all switches in a VTP domain should be in VTP server
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mode.
Do not configure a VTP domain if all switches are operating in VTP client mode. If you configure the
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domain, it is impossible to make changes to the VLAN configuration of that domain. Make sure that you
configure at least one switch in the VTP domain for VTP server mode.
Passwords
You can configure a password for the VTP domain, but it is not required. If you do configure a domain
password, all domain switches must share the same password and you must configure the password on
each switch in the management domain. Switches without a password or with the wrong password reject
VTP advertisements.
If you configure a VTP password for a domain, a switch that is booted without a VTP configuration does
not accept VTP advertisements until you configure it with the correct password. After the configuration,
the switch accepts the next VTP advertisement that uses the same password and domain name in the
advertisement.
If you are adding a new switch to an existing network with VTP capability, the new switch learns the
domain name only after the applicable password has been configured on it.
When you configure a VTP domain password, the management domain does not function properly if you
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do not assign a management domain password to each switch in the domain.
VTP Version
Follow these guidelines when deciding which VTP version to implement:
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All switches in a VTP domain must have the same domain name, but they do not need to run the
same VTP version.
A VTP version 2-capable switch can operate in the same VTP domain as a switch running VTP
version 1 if version 2 is disabled on the version 2-capable switch (version 2 is disabled by default).
If a switch running VTP version 1 but capable of running VTP version 2 receives VTP version 3
advertisements, it automatically moves to VTP version 2.
If a switch running VTP version 3 is connected to a switch running VTP version 1, the VTP version
1 switch moves to VTP version 2, and the VTP version 3 switch sends scaled-down versions of the
VTP packets so that the VTP version 2 switch can update its database.
A switch running VTP version 3 cannot move to version 1 or 2 if it has extended VLANs.
Do not enable VTP version 2 on a switch unless all of the switches in the same VTP domain are
version-2-capable. When you enable version 2 on a switch, all of the version-2-capable switches in
the domain enable version 2. If there is a version 1-only switch, it does not exchange VTP
information with switches that have version 2 enabled.
Cisco recommends placing VTP version 1 and 2 switches at the edge of the network because they
do not forward VTP version 3 advertisements.
Chapter 1 Configuring VTP
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