From: Sadiq Yakasai (sadiqtanko@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Jun 13 2007 - 07:28:22 ART
Hi Andy,
Dont you think configurring the VLANs on one switch and propagating it
all to other switches is a kinda check to make sure the VTP domain and
trunk ports are actually functional and carrying the traffic as they
are suposed to?
On 6/13/07, Andy <and123and@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Angelo, I quite like the idea of putting them in notepad and pasting
> to all the switches, I prefer to get the VLANS config'd before applying
> trunking etc, my only concern is shoud I config all the VLANs on ALL
> switches.
>
> ie, say we have vlan 12 and it is only used on switches 1 and 2 and is being
> trunked between 1 and 2. Should I put vlan 12 on switches 3 and 4 as well,
> will I lose points for this? If I can then this will save a lot of time,
> else when doing labs I am finding it takes me ages to see which switch
> supports which vlan.
>
> -A
>
>
> On 13 Jun 2007 17:34:00 +0800, Angelo De Guzman <
> a.deguzman@wesolv.ph.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hi Andy,
> > This is a matter of preference. Lots of ways to do it and eventually if
> > you
> > are practicing some vendors workbook you can develop your own technique.
> > For me,
> > I usually enumerate them and document them on the sheet provided. At one
> > point
> > I used colors as well to differentiate.
> > Vlan name:
> > VLANA
> > VLANA correspond to VLAN 100 assigned to ports etc. etc. etc.
> > HTH,
> > Angelo De Guzman, CCIE # 16887
> >
> > Andy (6/13/2007 5:10 PM):
> > >
> > >What is the "best" way to approach the configuring of VLANS section of
> > the
> > >lab?
> > >
> > > - Configure vlans on one switch and propagate to all other switches,
> > >assuming trunking is working
> > > - Note all vlans in notepad and copy to all switches, then config VTP,
> > >trunking etc
> > >
> > >I am finding it is taking me a while to config each vlan on each switch,
> > >would it be easier to config all vlans on all switches (via notepad), or
> > >will I "lose" points if I have a vlan configed on a switch that is not
> > being
> > >used. ie it shows up via "sh vlan brie" but is not being used by the
> > switch
> > >(configd on access port or svi) or trunked.
> > >
> > >Should ALL switches have ALL vlans configured even if they are used or
> > not?
> > >
> > >
> > >-A
> > >
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