From: Travis Anderson (totaldrive2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Thu Aug 23 2007 - 19:18:53 ART
Yeah, mostly monitoring. With a lot of false alarms
from network management a real problem like a
duplicate IP address, code bug, or other unknown
wouldn't get found quickly. I guess they could ask it
on the lab test but I wouldn't expect it. That would
make a decent question for 2 points, combine it with
allowing certain VLANs.
Travis,
--- Eagle <ddycus@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't see why it would make any difference in this
> case, really... seems
> like you're only worried for monitoring's sake. If
> you don't have either a
> trunk port with this VLAN in up/up state, or an
> access port up/up - the SVI
> interface is going to go down.
>
> On 8/23/07, Travis Anderson
> <totaldrive2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > A lone switch and all the ports in the VLAN are
> down,
> > if the VLAN is only for users and they all go home
> for
> > the night. Syslog messages can be shut off with
> "no
> > logging.." and traps can be shut off with "no snmp
> > event..." but the interface still goes down and
> > network management polling reports an error and
> the IP
> > on the VLAN isn't active. The SVI IP address
> doesn't
> > have to be management my network management but it
> > seems pointless for the SVI to go up and down like
> a
> > yo-yo.
> >
> > Is there a way to keep the VLAN active even though
> > there are no ports in the VLAN (1 switch)?
> >
> > Travis,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Scott Morris <swm@emanon.com> wrote:
> >
> > > A trunk carrying the VLAN counts as an active
> port.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: nobody@groupstudy.com
> > > [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
> > > Eagle
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 5:14 PM
> > > To: Travis Anderson
> > > Cc: ccielab@groupstudy.com
> > > Subject: Re: VLAN with no active ports
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/switches/lan/catalyst3560/software/release/1
> > > 2.1_19_ea1/configuration/guide/swint.html
> > >
> > > "When you create an SVI, it does not become
> active
> > > until it is associated
> > > with a physical port."
> > >
> > > On 8/23/07, Travis Anderson
> > > <totaldrive2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Is there a command to keep a SVI interface
> active
> > > with no active
> > > > ports?
> > > >
> > > > Travis,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
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