RE: Etherchannel and VTP

From: Brian McGahan (bmcgahan@internetworkexpert.com)
Date: Sat Oct 16 2004 - 15:28:18 GMT-3


Paul,

        If the switches are connected together via layer 3 links then
all traffic between the switches must be routed, not bridged.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf
Of
> Paul Chen
> Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 1:03 PM
> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Etherchannel and VTP
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have 3 tier design (core, distribution,access) for a campus
network.
>
> Is it a good design to use Layer 3 etherchannel links between 2 core
> switches ?
>
> The links between the core and the distribution switches will be all
> routed
> links.
>
> How do you decide on the number of VTP domains ?
>
> Is it a good design to have a single VTP domain for about 20 vlans -
for
> about 30 distribution switches ?
>
> If I have more than 1 vtp domains , how do the vlans in the different
vtp
> domains talk to each other ?
>
> Where is the best switch to place the vtp server ? I believe I can
have
> more
> than one vtp server right ?
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
>
>
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