From: Mike Harrison (michael.h4@blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: Sat May 31 2008 - 13:24:25 ART
Thor
I dont think that this is true. V2 doesnt forward VTP when in transparent
mode, unless the domain matches. There is some confusion about this in the
Doc cd, but configuring this on switches seems to show this to be the case.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thor Kopp" <thorkopp@googlemail.com>
To: "Sadiq Yakasai" <sadiqtanko@gmail.com>
Cc: "David Lonnie" <david.lonnie@gmail.com>; "John"
<jgarrison1@austin.rr.com>; "Z Linux" <z.linux@hotmail.com>;
<ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 4:00 PM
Subject: Re: ISL Trunks
> With VTP V1 (the default) a switch in transparent mode will only forward
> vtp
> advertisments if the domain & version number match so if you use a random
> VTP domain for example you won't forward VTP messages learnt on trunk
> ports
> (because it's unlikely that the VTP domain will match).
>
> VTP V2 will forward VTP messages regardless of the VTP domain that is in
> the
> VTP message that it receives.
>
> - Thor
> On Sat, May 31, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Sadiq Yakasai <sadiqtanko@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hmmm,
>>
>> I dont think setting the VTP mode to transparent will make the switch
>> block
>> all VTP advertisements. The switches will only not originate VTP but will
>> still relay them from other switches.
>>
>> I agree with Paul, setting the switchport modes to access will do the
>> trick,
>> but not including the trunks that you have already set anyway, as doing
>> so
>> will revert them back to access switchports and not satisfy the previous
>> ISL
>> encap requirement.
>>
>> HTH
>> Sadiq
>>
>>
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