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Chapter9 Creating and Maintaining VLANs
Using the VLAN Trunking Protocol
To configure VTP pruning on an interface, use the switchport trunk pruning vlan interface
configuration command (see the “Changing the Pruning-Eligible List” sec tion o n page 9-28). VTP
pruning operates when an interface is trunking. You can set VLAN pruning-eligibility, whether or not
VTP pruning is enabled for the VTP domain, whether or not any given VLAN exists, and whether or not
the interface is currently trunking.
Configuring VTP
This section includes procedures for configuring VTP. These sections are included:
Default VTP Configuration, page 9-8
VTP Configuration Guidelines, page 9-8
Configuring a VTP Server, page 9-10
Configuring a VTP Client, page 9-11
Disabling VTP (VTP Transparent Mode), page 9-11
Enabling VTP Version 2, page 9-12
Enabling VTP Pruning, page 9-13
Monitoring VTP, page 9-13

Default VTP Configuration

Table 9 -3 shows the default VTP configuration.

VTP Configuration Guidelines

These sections describe guidelines you should follow when implementing VTP in your ne twork.

Domain Names

When configuring VTP for the first time, you must always assign a domain name. You must configure
all switches in the VTP domain with the same domain name. Switches in VTP transparent mode do not
exchange VTP messages with other switches, and you do not need to configure a VTP domain name
for them.
Note If NVRAM and DRAM storage is sufficient, all switches in a VTP domain should be in VTP server
mode.
Table9-3 Default VTP Configuration
Feature Default Setting
VTP domain name Null.
VTP mode Server.
VTP version 2 enable state Version 2 is disabled.
VTP password None.
VTP pruning Disabled.