vtp across transparent mode switch

From: Ben (bmunyao@gmail.com)
Date: Sun Jul 22 2007 - 02:21:59 ART


Hi

i once did a scenario as follows and succeeded in getting vlans propagated
by vtp across a transparent switch.

             dot1q dot1q
SW1-----------------------SW4----------------------------SW3
vtp server vtp transparent vtp client

Today I'm trying the same and I can't figure out why its not working.

Here is SW4 config:

vtp domain 10
vtp mode transparent
!
spanning-tree mode mst
!
spanning-tree mst configuration
 name IESTP
 revision 10
 instance 1 vlan 1, 5, 12, 107
 instance 2 vlan 27, 34, 58
 instance 3 vlan 46, 89, 363
!
spanning-tree mst 0-4 priority 24576
!
vlan 5,12,27,34,46,58,89,100,107,200,363

Rack1SW4#sh vtp status
VTP Version : 2
Configuration Revision : 0
Maximum VLANs supported locally : 1005
Number of existing VLANs : 16
VTP Operating Mode : Transparent
VTP Domain Name : 10
VTP Pruning Mode : Disabled
VTP V2 Mode : Enabled
VTP Traps Generation : Disabled

SW1 config

spanning-tree mode mst
spanning-tree extend system-id
!
spanning-tree mst configuration
 name IESTP
 revision 10
 instance 1 vlan 1, 5, 12, 107
 instance 2 vlan 27, 34, 58
 instance 3 vlan 46, 89, 363
!

Rack1SW1#sh vtp status
VTP Version : 2
Configuration Revision : 1
Maximum VLANs supported locally : 1005
Number of existing VLANs : 14
VTP Operating Mode : Server
VTP Domain Name : 789
VTP Pruning Mode : Disabled
VTP V2 Mode : Disabled
VTP Traps Generation : Disabled

Rack1SW1#sh vl bri

VLAN Name Status Ports
---- -------------------------------- ---------
-------------------------------
1 default active Fa0/1, Fa0/2, Fa0/3, Fa0/4
                                                Fa0/5, Fa0/6, Fa0/7, Fa0/8
                                                Fa0/9, Fa0/10, Fa0/11,
Fa0/12
                                                Fa0/14, Fa0/15, Fa0/16,
Fa0/17
                                                Fa0/18, Fa0/19, Fa0/21,
Fa0/22
                                                Fa0/23, Fa0/24, Gi0/1, Gi0/2
5 VLAN0005 active
12 VLAN0012 active
27 VLAN0027 active
34 VLAN0034 active
46 VLAN0046 active
58 VLAN0058 active
89 VLAN0089 active
107 VLAN0107 active
363 VLAN0363 active
1002 fddi-default act/unsup
1003 token-ring-default act/unsup
1004 fddinet-default act/unsup
1005 trnet-default act/unsup
Rack1SW1#

SW3 trobleshooting

Rack1SW3#
Rack1SW3#sh vtp status
VTP Version : 2
Configuration Revision : 0
Maximum VLANs supported locally : 1005
Number of existing VLANs : 5
VTP Operating Mode : Client
VTP Domain Name : 789
VTP Pruning Mode : Disabled
VTP V2 Mode : Disabled
VTP Traps Generation : Disabled
MD5 digest : 0x83 0xB7 0x38 0xD8 0x0F 0x49 0x38 0x45
Configuration last modified by 0.0.0.0 at 0-0-00 00:00:00
Rack1SW3#

Rack1SW3#sh vl bri

VLAN Name Status Ports
---- -------------------------------- ---------
-------------------------------
1 default active Fa0/1, Fa0/2, Fa0/3, Fa0/4
                                                Fa0/5, Fa0/6, Fa0/7, Fa0/8
                                                Fa0/9, Fa0/10, Fa0/11,
Fa0/12
                                                Fa0/13, Fa0/14, Fa0/15,
Fa0/16
                                                Fa0/17, Fa0/18, Fa0/19,
Fa0/21
                                                Fa0/22, Fa0/23, Fa0/24,
Gi0/1
                                                Gi0/2
1002 fddi-default act/unsup
1003 token-ring-default act/unsup
1004 fddinet-default act/unsup
1005 trnet-default act/unsup
Rack1SW3#

I would appreciate any comments or guidance

Ben



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