Changing The Retry Count; Monitoring The Vmps - Cisco Catalyst 2950 Software Configuration Manual

Configuring VMPS

Changing the Retry Count

Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to change the number of times that the switch
attempts to contact the VMPS before querying the next server:
Command
Step 1 configure terminal
Step 2 vmps retry count
Step 3
end
Step 4
show vmps
Step 5
copy running-config startup-config
To return the switch to its default setting, use the no vmps retry global configuration command.

Monitoring the VMPS

You can display information about the VMPS by using the show vmps privileged EXEC command. The
switch displays this information about the VMPS:
VMPS VQP Version The version of VQP used to communicate with the VMPS. The switch queries
Reconfirm Interval
Server Retry Count
VMPS domain server The IP address of the configured VLAN membership policy servers. The switch
VMPS Action
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Purpose
Enter global configuration mode.
Change the retry count.
The retry range is from 1 to 10; the default is 3.
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Verify your entry in the Server Retry Count field of the display.
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
the VMPS that is using VQP version 1.
The number of minutes the switch waits before reconfirming the
VLAN-to-MAC-address assignments.
The number of times VQP resends a query to the VMPS. If no response is
received after this many tries, the switch starts to query the secondary VMPS.
sends queries to the one marked current. The one marked primary is the primary
server.
The result of the most recent reconfirmation attempt. A reconfirmation attempt
can occur automatically when the reconfirmation interval expired, or you can
force it by entering the vmps reconfirm privileged EXEC command or its CMS
or SNMP equivalent.
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