Re: VTP Server and Transparent

Brian,
although this John is considering some outside the envelope" semantics
(like server meaning an external server), I would not dismiss
"semantics" as a bad thing. They could, in the end, mean the difference.

Some exams may be worded to test your exposure to the technology tricks,
and some of us are not native speakers and miss some subtleties.

As with all things, a balance is required.
The root cause that I see here is those with a problem tend to write
about it focused on what they believe is important, as if all that read
can fill the picture :)

-Carlos

Brian Dennis @ 24/06/2012 20:59 -0300 dixit:
> The CCIE Lab is about networking and not wording semantics. If you
> covered all of the VLANs in the network at the end of your lab, you're
> fine unless they say something along the lines of "all possible vlans",
> "any future vlans", etc. If they score you wrong for not reading too
> much into the question then it's not a certification worth having.
>
> There is almost this exact same question in the Cisco Live R&S CCIE
> presentation.
>
> 1.3.
> Spanning-tree Protocol
> Configure Spanning-tree protocol on SW1 and SW2 as per the following
> requirements:
> - Configure SW1 and SW2 so that SW1 is the root for all even* VLANs, and
> SW2 is the
> root for all odd* VLANs.
> - SW1 and SW2 should also serve as backup root switches for their
> respective VLANs.
> - Ensure that both switches are running one STP instance per VLAN
>
> NOTE:
> - Your solution must affect only the VLANs used in this topology.
> - Odd numbers are not divisible by 2, for example: 1, 3, 5, 7, and so on.
> - Even numbers are divisible by 2, for example: 2, 4, 6, 8, and so on.
> SOLUTION
>
> SW1
> spanning-tree vlan 1,55,237 root secondary
> spanning-tree vlan 10,44,50,60 root primary
>
>

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