VTP Issue

[dadamsjrsnoopy]

I am using real Cisco hardware and using the Official Cisco Certification Guide for the ICND2 test now that I have passed the ICND1 (June 21).

I am in Chapter 1 -Implementing Ethernet Virtual LANs.

Regarding VTP - I configured a VTP Server, made changes, Revision Level was 4.

Made a second VTP Server, made enough changes so its Revision Level was 5.

Set the VTP domain and password to be the same on both.

On the Revision Level 5, I had interfaces assigned to the VLANS.  When I connected the two devices via a trunk, the one with the RL 4 did reconfigure to match the one with the RL 5 - that is all except the interfaces being assigned to the VLANs.  It would seem that would be important as I thought the whole purpose of VTP was to avoid having to go to each switch to configure the VLANs.

But then maybe, since you would be connecting patch cables to the ports, maybe at that location, the connected devices would not be matching up to the ports as automatically configured to the VLANs and so that step still had to be done at the reconfigured switch?

Thank you,

David Adams, Mobile, AL

[balaji.bandi]

Suggest to configure the VTP domain and VTP Version 2

EDIT :

part of the content missing while submitting.

you need to manually allocate end port to access port, VTP does not have capabilites to allocate port in to Access VLAN

VTP only ditribute to VLAN to Client Devices.

[Martin L]

yes, VTP does not configure ports for you; meaning does not assign vlans to particular access ports.
the interfaces being assigned to the VLANs on one switch do not have to match on the other one
all vtp does is copies vlan database from server to clients.

you can use dot1.x authentication to do that. meaning port vlan assignment will be based on device that connect to it. this would mean setting up database with MACs and type of every single device in the company on the server.