RE: VTP Pruning vs. Allowed Vlan

From: subodh.rawat@wipro.com
Date: Wed Nov 14 2007 - 08:17:24 ART


I tested server to server and it pruned.
Server to client also pruned.

Transparent doesn't prune.

HTH
Subodh

 

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
shiran guez
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 3:52 PM
To: CCIEin2006
Cc: Cisco certification
Subject: Re: VTP Pruning vs. Allowed Vlan

I didn't test it but my logic say it will not work due to the reason
that server work with clients and not server to server, who will prune
who?! :-)

it will be interesting to test.

On Nov 14, 2007 2:08 AM, CCIEin2006 <ciscocciein2006@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Shiran,
>
> Just to clarify - if I had all four switches set to server mode, vtp
> pruning would not work even though thet were in the same vtp domain?
> Why is that?
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 13, 2007 4:41 PM, shiran guez <shiranp3@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > in case you are working with vtp server and client then pruning will

> > do the trick but if you are working with transparent or several
> > servers and no client then you would need to selectively set the
> > vlan in the respective sw and path and this will do.
> >
> > the allowed vlan I will use in case you have vtp server with pruning

> > enabled and several clients and transparent sw is between the server

> > and the clients then you can have situation where the vlan will be
> > discarded on the transparent and you will need to specifically allow

> > the vlan to traverse the trunk.
> >
> > in the IEWB there are several labs with such nice scenarios.
> >
> > On Nov 13, 2007 11:27 PM, CCIEin2006 <ciscocciein2006@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Task states to filter traffic on the 802.1q trunks so that only
> > > necessary VLAN traffic is sent over them.
> > >
> > > Would enabling vtp pruning do the trick or should I manually edit
> > > the allowed vlan list?
> > >
> > > Please don't say ask the proctor - lets assume you already asked
> > > the proctor what he preferred and he told you to sit down and shut

> > > up.
> > >
> > > How would you configure it?
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