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DJW487 · 07-07-2025

I was in the midst of trying to write a Cat Centre template to handle the prompt when using 'vtp primary' exec command for a vtp v3 server.Then I realised I could just tack on the 'force' option and bypass the check. But I wanted to know what it was ...

DJW487 · 06-25-2025

I am trying to write a template that sets the switch VTP mode 3, configures domain and password and then depending if the hostname contains core or distro, sets the mode to server, and if it's core to also set to primary server.For the core, via cli ...

DJW487 · 12-15-2024

I am interested in monitoring the total power consumption of the 700+ switches in our network.We have over 1500 APs plus the usual assortment of IP phones and other things running over PoE.The idea is that I can get a baseline for the overall consump...

DJW487 · 09-18-2024

Currently we run a 9800WLC in our data centre which controls AP's across 45 sites give or take.(This is configured through Catalyst Center btw)Guest network is central switched, central auth with ISE doing the guest portal.Another SSID is central aut...

DJW487 · 08-12-2024

In Catalyst Center (CC) on 2.3.5.5, when I create an AI RF profile, it has all 5GHz channels selected.In Australia, we have channels we flat out cannot use, such as 120, 124 and 128 as well as others than can only be used if the AP has DFS enabled, b...

DJW487 · 07-09-2025

The 'VTP broke' part was when I tested changing the password on one device, which broke the VTP as expected.It's all good, the question has been answered. The check performed when doing 'vtp primary' doesn't check if there is an existing primary serv...

DJW487 · 07-08-2025

Thank you for the tip about it checking for passwords etc.I just set the 'access' switch to vtp primary server, then on the 'core' I changed the vtp password from TST01 to TST011, then I attempted to make the core the primary server and you can see t...

DJW487 · 07-08-2025

I can confirm that the access sees the core as primary, and when adding vlan to core, it appears on access.

DJW487 · 07-07-2025

Companies are all pushing towards Net-Zero and power savings. Is anything being developed for Catalyst Centre that will help better visualise power usage across global network/site based network, showing both PoE usage and base network device power d...

DJW487 · 07-07-2025

Did your template have variables? I thought I read somewhere that Day-0 templates didn't support variables. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong here though.

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