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Configuring VLANs, VTP, and VMPS
This chapter describes VLANs on Catalyst 4500 series switches. It also describes how to enable the
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) and to configure the Catalyst 4500 series switch as a VMPS client.
This chapter includes the following major sections:
VLANs, page 13-1
VLAN Trunking Protocol, page 13-7
VLAN Membership Policy Server, page 13-20
Note For complete syntax and usage information for the switch commands used in this chapter, look at the
Cisco Catalyst 4500 Series Switch Command Reference and related publications at this location:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps4324/index.html
If the command is not found in the Catalyst 4500 Command Reference, it is located in the larger Cisco
IOS library. Refer to the Cisco IOS Command Reference and related publications at this location:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6350/index.html

VLANs

This section includes the following major subsections:
About VLANs, page 13-1
VLAN Configuration Guidelines and Restrictions, page 13-3
VLAN Default Configuration, page 13-4
Configuring VLANs, page 13-5

About VLANs

A VLAN is a group of devices on one or more LANs that are configured to communicate as if they were
attached to the same wire, when in fact they are located on a number of different LAN segments. Because
VLANs are based on logical instead of physical connections, they are extremely flexible.