Configuring Vtp; Finding Feature Information; Prerequisites For Vtp - Cisco Catalyst 2960 series Configuration Manual

Configuring VTP

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Finding Feature Information

Your software release may not support all the features documented in this module. For the latest feature
information and caveats, see the release notes for your platform and software release.
Use Cisco Feature Navigator to find information about platform support and Cisco software image support.
To access Cisco Feature Navigator, go to http://www.cisco.com/go/cfn. An account on Cisco.com is not
required.

Prerequisites for VTP

Before you create VLANs, you must decide whether to use the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) in your
network. Using VTP, you can make configuration changes centrally on one or more switches and have those
changes automatically communicated to all the other switches in the network. Without VTP, you cannot send
information about VLANs to other switches.
VTP is designed to work in an environment where updates are made on a single switch and are sent through
VTP to other switches in the domain. It does not work well in a situation where multiple updates to the VLAN
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Finding Feature Information, page 13
Prerequisites for VTP, page 13
Restrictions for VTP, page 14
Information About VTP, page 14
How to Configure VTP, page 25
Monitoring VTP, page 35
Configuration Examples for VTP, page 36
Where to Go Next, page 37
Additional References, page 37
Feature History and Information for VTP, page 38
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