Cisco Catalyst 2928 Software Configuration Manual page 301

Chapter 14 Configuring VTP
Figure 14-1
Switch D are assigned to the Red VLAN. If a broadcast is sent from the host connected to Switch A,
Switch A floods the broadcast and every switch in the network receives it, even though Switches C, E,
and F have no ports in the Red VLAN.
Figure 14-1
Switch F
Figure 14-2
is not forwarded to Switches C, E, and F because traffic for the Red VLAN has been pruned on the links
shown (Port 5 on Switch B and Port 4 on Switch D).
Figure 14-2
Flooded traffic
is pruned.
Switch E
Switch F
Enabling VTP pruning on a VTP server enables pruning for the entire management domain. Making
VLANs pruning-eligible or pruning-ineligible affects pruning eligibility for those VLANs on that trunk
only (not on all switches in the VTP domain).
OL-23389-01
shows a switched network without VTP pruning enabled. Port 1 on Switch A and Port 2 on
Flooding Traffic without VTP Pruning
Switch D
Switch E
Switch B
Switch C
shows a switched network with VTP pruning enabled. The broadcast traffic from Switch A
Optimized Flooded Traffic with VTP Pruning
Switch D
Port 2
Port
4
Switch B
Flooded traffic
is pruned. Port
5
Switch C
Port 2
Red
VLAN
Port 1
Switch A
Red
VLAN
Port 1
Switch A
Catalyst 2928 Switch Software Configuration Guide
Understanding VTP
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