VTP

[bvishnuganesh]

Dear All,

I have been trying to connect the VTP Server enabled Switch through a VTP Transparent enabled switch from a VTP Client enabled Switch. Does it ping to my VLAN's created in the VTP Server enabled Switch? Kindly help me solve.

[Flavio Miranda]

@bvishnuganesh 

 They will. However, you need to add the vlan manually on the transparent switch. For example, the PC with IP add 10.0.0.3 is on vlan 20, right? It will try to reach the PC 10.0.0.7 which is on vlan 20 but on the client switch.

 But, the switch in the middle wihch is the transparent switch does not know vlan 20. When the frames comes tagged with vlan 20 from server switch, the transparent switch drops the frame as it does not know vlan 20 and , as transparent, it does not learn the vlan 20 automatically.

 So, you need to add manually the vlan 20 and any other vlan you want to use on the client switch to the transparent switch. 

Take a look on my file version.

[M02@rt37]

Hello @bvishnuganesh,

Configure vlan id on client switch. As concened the middle switch, VTP Transport mode does not synchronize VLAN configuration information with other switches. VTP advertisements when received are not applied to the VLAN database. This mode is used when you want to make the switch independent from current vlan structure. 

[Joseph W. Doherty]

"Does it ping to my VLAN's created in the VTP Server enabled Switch?"

Could you clarify that?

I downloaded your PT file, and a VTP client switch, switch3, appears to have a copy of the server's VLAN database.  With switch0 and switch3 both connected to switch1, a VTP transparent switch.

I then went on a VTP server, switch0, changed VLAN 10's name, and on switch3, the VTP client, I saw its VTP rev updated and also saw the VLAN 10 name changed.

So, again, please clarify what's the issue.