To configure a WLAN interface or an interface group, use the client vlan command. To disable the WLAN interface, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

The default interface is configured.

Command Modes

WLAN configuration

Usage Guidelines

You must disable the WLAN before using this command. See Related Commands section for more information on how to disable a WLAN.

To clear the VLAN Membership Policy Server (VMPS) statistics maintained by the VLAN Query Protocol (VQP) client, use the clear vmps statistics command in privileged EXEC mode.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Default

None

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

To clear the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) and pruning counters, use the clear vtp counters command in privileged EXEC mode.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Default

None

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

To enable debugging of the VLAN manager software, use the debug platform vlan command in privileged EXEC mode. To disable debugging, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

Debugging is disabled.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Usage Guidelines

The undebug platform vlan command is the same as the no debug platform vlan command.

When you enable debugging on a switch stack, it is enabled only on the stack master. To enable debugging on a stack member, start a session from the stack master using the session switch-number EXEC command, and then enter the debug command at the command-line prompt of the stack member. You also can use the remote command stack-member-number LINE EXEC command on the stack master switch to enable debugging on a member switch without first starting a session.

To enable debugging of VLAN manager activities, use the debug sw-vlan command in privileged EXEC mode. To disable debugging, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

Debugging is disabled.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Usage Guidelines

The undebug sw-vlan command is the same as the no debug sw-vlan command.

When you enable debugging on a switch stack, it is enabled only on the stack master. To debug a specific stack member, you can start a CLI session from the stack master by using the session switch-number privileged EXEC command. You also can use the remote command stack-member-number LINE EXEC command on the stack master to enable debugging on a member switch without first starting a session.

To enable debugging of the VLAN manager IOS file system (IFS) error tests, use the debug sw-vlan ifs command in privileged EXEC mode. To disable debugging, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

Debugging is disabled.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Usage Guidelines

The undebug sw-vlan ifs command is the same as the no debug sw-vlan ifs command.

When selecting the file read operation, Operation 1 reads the file header, which contains the header verification word and the file version number. Operation 2 reads the main body of the file, which contains most of the domain and VLAN information. Operation 3 reads type length version (TLV) descriptor structures. Operation 4 reads TLV data.

When you enable debugging on a switch stack, it is enabled only on the stack master. To debug a specific stack member, you can start a CLI session from the stack master by using the session switch-number privileged EXEC command. You also can use the remote command stack-member-number LINE EXEC command on the stack master to enable debugging on a member switch without first starting a session.

To enable debugging of VLAN manager notifications, use the debug sw-vlan notification command in privileged EXEC mode. To disable debugging, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

Debugging is disabled.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Usage Guidelines

The undebug sw-vlan notification command is the same as the no debug sw-vlan notification command.

When you enable debugging on a switch stack, it is enabled only on the stack master. To debug a specific stack member, you can start a CLI session from the stack master by using the session switch-number privileged EXEC command. You also can use the remote command stack-member-number LINE EXEC command on the stack master to enable debugging on a member switch without first starting a session.

To enable debugging of the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) code, use the debug sw-vlan vtp command in privileged EXEC mode. To disable debugging, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

Debugging is disabled.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Usage Guidelines

The undebug sw-vlan vtp command is the same as the no debug sw-vlan vtp command.

If no additional parameters are entered after the pruning keyword, VTP pruning debugging messages appear. They are generated by the VTP_PRUNING_LOG_NOTICE, VTP_PRUNING_LOG_INFO, VTP_PRUNING_LOG_DEBUG, VTP_PRUNING_LOG_ALERT, and VTP_PRUNING_LOG_WARNING macros in the VTP pruning code.

When you enable debugging on a switch stack, it is enabled only on the stack master. To debug a specific stack member, you can start a CLI session from the stack master by using the session switch-number privileged EXEC command. You also can use the remote command stack-member-number LINE EXEC command on the stack master to enable debugging on a member switch without first starting a session.

To create or access a dynamic switch virtual interface (SVI) and to enter interface configuration mode, use the interface vlan command in global configuration mode. To delete an SVI, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

The default VLAN interface is VLAN 1.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Usage Guidelines

SVIs are created the first time you enter the interface vlan vlan-id command for a particular VLAN. The vlan-id corresponds to the VLAN-tag associated with data frames on an IEEE 802.1Q encapsulated trunk or the VLAN ID configured for an access port.

Note	When you create an SVI, it does not become active until it is associated with a physical port.

If you delete an SVI using the no interface vlan vlan-id command, it is no longer visible in the output from the show interfaces privileged EXEC command.

Note	You cannot delete the VLAN 1 interface.

You can reinstate a deleted SVI by entering the interface vlan vlan-id command for the deleted interface. The interface comes back up, but the previous configuration is gone.

The interrelationship between the number of SVIs configured on a switch or a switch stack and the number of other features being configured might have an impact on CPU utilization due to hardware limitations. You can use the sdm prefer global configuration command to reallocate system hardware resources based on templates and feature tables.

You can verify your setting by entering the show interfaces and show interfaces vlan vlan-id privileged EXEC commands.

To display platform-dependent VLAN information, use the show platform vlan privileged EXEC command.

Command Default

None

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Usage Guidelines

Use this command only when you are working directly with your technical support representative while troubleshooting a problem. Do not use this command unless your technical support representative asks you to do so.

To display the parameters for all configured VLANs or one VLAN (if the VLAN ID or name is specified) on the switch, use the show vlan command in user EXEC mode.

Command Default

None

Command Modes

User EXEC

Usage Guidelines

In the show vlan mtu command output, the MTU_Mismatch column shows whether all the ports in the VLAN have the same MTU. When yes appears in the column, it means that the VLAN has ports with different MTUs, and packets that are switched from a port with a larger MTU to a port with a smaller MTU might be dropped. If the VLAN does not have an SVI, the hyphen (-) symbol appears in the SVI_MTU column. If the MTU-Mismatch column displays yes, the names of the ports with the MinMTU and the MaxMTU appear.

To display the VLAN Query Protocol (VQP) version, reconfirmation interval, retry count, VLAN Membership Policy Server (VMPS) IP addresses, and the current and primary servers, use the show vmps command in EXEC mode.

Command Default

None

Command Modes

User EXEC

Privileged EXEC

To display general information about the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) management domain, status, and counters, use the show vtp command in EXEC mode.

Command Default

None

Command Modes

User EXEC

Privileged EXEC

Usage Guidelines

When you enter the show vtp password command when the switch is running VTP version 3, the display follows these rules:

• If the password password global configuration command did not specify the hidden keyword and encryption is not enabled on the switch, the password appears in clear text.

• If the password password command did not specify the hidden keyword and encryption is enabled on the switch, the encrypted password appears.

• If the password password command is included the hidden keyword, the hexadecimal secret key is displayed.

To set a port priority for the incoming untagged frames or the priority of frames received by the IP phone connected to the specified port, use the switchport priority extend command in interface configuration mode. To return to the default setting, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

The default port priority is set to a CoS value of 0 for untagged frames received on the port.

Command Modes

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

When voice VLAN is enabled, you can configure the switch to send the Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) packets to instruct the IP phone how to send data packets from the device attached to the access port on the Cisco IP Phone. You must enable CDP on the switch port connected to the Cisco IP Phone to send the configuration to the Cisco IP Phone. (CDP is enabled by default globally and on all switch interfaces.)

You should configure voice VLAN on switch access ports. You can configure a voice VLAN only on Layer 2 ports.

Before you enable voice VLAN, we recommend that you enable quality of service (QoS) on the switch by entering the mls qos global configuration command and configure the port trust state to trust by entering the mls qos trust cos interface configuration command.

To set the trunk characteristics when the interface is in trunking mode, use the switchport trunk command in interface configuration mode. To reset a trunking characteristic to the default, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

VLAN 1 is the default native VLAN ID on the port.

The default for all VLAN lists is to include all VLANs.

Command Modes

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

The vlan-list format is all | none | [add | remove | except] vlan-atom ,vlan-atom...:

• all specifies all VLANs from 1 to 4094. This is the default. This keyword is not allowed on commands that do not permit all VLANs in the list to be set at the same time.

• none specifies an empty list. This keyword is not allowed on commands that require certain VLANs to be set or at least one VLAN to be set.

• add adds the defined list of VLANs to those currently set instead of replacing the list. Valid IDs are from 1 to 1005; extended-range VLANs (VLAN IDs greater than 1005) are valid in some cases.

  Note	You can add extended-range VLANs to the allowed VLAN list, but not to the pruning-eligible VLAN list.

  Separate nonconsecutive VLAN IDs with a comma; use a hyphen to designate a range of IDs.

• remove removes the defined list of VLANs from those currently set instead of replacing the list. Valid IDs are from 1 to 1005; extended-range VLAN IDs are valid in some cases.

  Note	You can remove extended-range VLANs from the allowed VLAN list, but you cannot remove them from the pruning-eligible list.

• except lists the VLANs that should be calculated by inverting the defined list of VLANs. (VLANs are added except the ones specified.) Valid IDs are from 1 to 1005. Separate nonconsecutive VLAN IDs with a comma; use a hyphen to designate a range of IDs.

• vlan-atom is either a single VLAN number from 1 to 4094 or a continuous range of VLANs described by two VLAN numbers, the lesser one first, separated by a hyphen.

Native VLANs:

• All untagged traffic received on an IEEE 802.1Q trunk port is forwarded with the native VLAN configured for the port.

• If a packet has a VLAN ID that is the same as the sending-port native VLAN ID, the packet is sent without a tag; otherwise, the switch sends the packet with a tag.

• The no form of the native vlan command resets the native mode VLAN to the appropriate default VLAN for the device.

Allowed VLAN:

• To reduce the risk of spanning-tree loops or storms, you can disable VLAN 1 on any individual VLAN trunk port by removing VLAN 1 from the allowed list. When you remove VLAN 1 from a trunk port, the interface continues to send and receive management traffic, for example, Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP), Port Aggregation Protocol (PAgP), Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP), Dynamic Trunking Protocol (DTP), and VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) in VLAN 1.

• The no form of the allowed vlan command resets the list to the default list, which allows all VLANs.

Trunk pruning:

• The pruning-eligible list applies only to trunk ports.

• Each trunk port has its own eligibility list.

• If you do not want a VLAN to be pruned, remove it from the pruning-eligible list. VLANs that are pruning-ineligible receive flooded traffic.

• VLAN 1, VLANs 1002 to 1005, and extended-range VLANs (VLANs 1006 to 4094) cannot be pruned.

To configure voice VLAN on the port, use the switchport voice vlan command in interface configuration mode. To return to the default setting, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

The default is not to automatically configure the telephone (none).

The telephone default is not to tag frames.

Command Modes

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

You should configure voice VLAN on Layer 2 access ports.

You must enable Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) on the switch port connected to the Cisco IP phone for the switch to send configuration information to the phone. CDP is enabled by default globally and on the interface.

Before you enable voice VLAN, we recommend that you enable quality of service (QoS) on the switch by entering the mls qos global configuration command and configure the port trust state to trust by entering the mls qos trust cos interface configuration command.

When you enter a VLAN ID, the IP phone forwards voice traffic in IEEE 802.1Q frames, tagged with the specified VLAN ID. The switch puts IEEE 802.1Q voice traffic in the voice VLAN.

When you select dot1p, none, or untagged, the switch puts the indicated voice traffic in the access VLAN.

In all configurations, the voice traffic carries a Layer 2 IP precedence value. The default is 5 for voice traffic.

When you enable port security on an interface that is also configured with a voice VLAN, set the maximum allowed secure addresses on the port to 2. When the port is connected to a Cisco IP phone, the IP phone requires one MAC address. The Cisco IP phone address is learned on the voice VLAN, but not on the access VLAN. If you connect a single PC to the Cisco IP phone, no additional MAC addresses are required. If you connect more than one PC to the Cisco IP phone, you must configure enough secure addresses to allow one for each PC and one for the Cisco IP phone.

If any type of port security is enabled on the access VLAN, dynamic port security is automatically enabled on the voice VLAN.

You cannot configure static secure MAC addresses in the voice VLAN.

The Port Fast feature is automatically enabled when voice VLAN is configured. When you disable voice VLAN, the Port Fast feature is not automatically disabled.

To add a VLAN and to enter the VLAN configuration mode, use the vlan command in global configuration mode. To delete the VLAN, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

None

Command Modes

Global configuration

Usage Guidelines

Up to 1000 VLANs are supported when the switch is running the LAN Base image with the LAN Base default template, and up to 64 VLANs are supported when the switch is running the LAN Lite image.

You can use the vlan vlan-id global configuration command to add normal-range VLANs (VLAN IDs 1 to 1005) or extended-range VLANs (VLAN IDs 1006 to 4094). Configuration information for normal-range VLANs is always saved in the VLAN database, and you can display this information by entering the show vlan privileged EXEC command. With VTP version 1 and 2, extended-range VLANs are not recognized by VTP and are not added to the VLAN database. With VTP version 1 and version 2, before adding extended-range VLANs, you must use the vtp transparent global configuration command to put the switch in VTP transparent mode. When VTP mode is transparent, VTP mode and domain name and all VLAN configurations are saved in the running configuration, and you can save them in the switch startup configuration file.

VTP version 3 supports propagation of extended-range VLANs and you can create them in VTP server or client mode. VTP versions 1 and 2 propagate only VLANs 1 to 1005.

When you save the VLAN and VTP configurations in the startup configuration file and reboot the switch, the configuration is selected as follows:

• If the VTP mode is transparent in the startup configuration and the VLAN database and the VTP domain name from the VLAN database matches that in the startup configuration file, the VLAN database is ignored (cleared), and the VTP and VLAN configurations in the startup configuration file are used. The VLAN database revision number remains unchanged in the VLAN database.

• If the VTP mode or domain name in the startup configuration do not match the VLAN database, the domain name and VTP mode and configuration for VLAN IDs 1 to 1005 use the VLAN database information.

With VTP version 1 and version 2, if you try to create an extended-range VLAN when the switch is not in VTP transparent mode, the VLAN is rejected, and you receive an error message.

If you enter an invalid VLAN ID, you receive an error message and do not enter VLAN configuration mode.

Entering the vlan command with a VLAN ID enables VLAN configuration mode. When you enter the VLAN ID of an existing VLAN, you do not create a new VLAN, but you can modify VLAN parameters for that VLAN. The specified VLANs are added or modified when you exit the VLAN configuration mode. Only the shutdown command (for VLANs 1 to 1005) takes effect immediately.

Note	Although all commands are visible, the only VLAN configuration commands that are supported on extended-range VLANs are mtu mtu-size and remote-span. For extended-range VLANs, all other characteristics must remain at the default state.

These configuration commands are available in VLAN configuration mode. The no form of each command returns the characteristic to its default state:

• are are-number—Defines the maximum number of all-routes explorer (ARE) hops for this VLAN. This keyword applies only to TrCRF VLANs. The range is 0 to 13. The default is 7. If no value is entered, 0 is assumed to be the maximum.

• backupcrf—Specifies the backup CRF mode. This keyword applies only to TrCRF VLANs.

  • enable—Backup CRF mode for this VLAN.

  • disable—Backup CRF mode for this VLAN (the default).

• bridge {bridge-number | type}—Specifies the logical distributed source-routing bridge, the bridge that interconnects all logical rings that have this VLAN as a parent VLAN in FDDI-NET, Token Ring-NET, and TrBRF VLANs. The range is 0 to 15. The default bridge number is 0 (no source-routing bridge) for FDDI-NET, TrBRF, and Token Ring-NET VLANs. The type keyword applies only to TrCRF VLANs and is one of these:

  • srb—Ssource-route bridging

  • srt—Source-route transparent) bridging VLAN

• exit—Applies changes, increments the VLAN database revision number (VLANs 1 to 1005 only), and exits VLAN configuration mode.

• media—Defines the VLAN media type and is one of these:

  Note	The switch supports only Ethernet ports. You configure only FDDI and Token Ring media-specific characteristics for VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) global advertisements to other switches. These VLANs are locally suspended.

  • ethernet—Ethernet media type (the default).

  • fd-net—FDDI network entity title (NET) media type.

  • fddi—FDDI media type.

  • tokenring—Token Ring media type if the VTP v2 mode is disabled, or TrCRF if the VTP Version 2 (v) mode is enabled.

  • tr-net—Token Ring network entity title (NET) media type if the VTP v2 mode is disabled or TrBRF media type if the VTP v2 mode is enabled.

  See the table that follows for valid commands and syntax for different media types.

• mtu mtu-size—Specifies the maximum transmission unit (MTU) (packet size in bytes). The range is 576 to 18190. The default is 1500 bytes.

• name vlan-name—Names the VLAN with an ASCII string from 1 to 32 characters that must be unique within the administrative domain. The default is VLANxxxx where xxxx represents four numeric digits (including leading zeros) equal to the VLAN ID number.

• no—Negates a command or returns it to the default setting.

• parent parent-vlan-id—Specifies the parent VLAN of an existing FDDI, Token Ring, or TrCRF VLAN. This parameter identifies the TrBRF to which a TrCRF belongs and is required when defining a TrCRF. The range is 0 to 1005. The default parent VLAN ID is 0 (no parent VLAN) for FDDI and Token Ring VLANs. For both Token Ring and TrCRF VLANs, the parent VLAN ID must already exist in the database and be associated with a Token Ring-NET or TrBRF VLAN.

• remote-span—Configures the VLAN as a Remote SPAN (RSPAN) VLAN. When the RSPAN feature is added to an existing VLAN, the VLAN is first deleted and is then recreated with the RSPAN feature. Any access ports are deactivated until the RSPAN feature is removed. If VTP is enabled, the new RSPAN VLAN is propagated by VTP for VLAN IDs that are lower than 1024. Learning is disabled on the VLAN.

  Note	The RSPAN feature is supported only on switches running the LAN Base image.

• ring ring-number—Defines the logical ring for an FDDI, Token Ring, or TrCRF VLAN. The range is 1 to 4095. The default for Token Ring VLANs is 0. For FDDI VLANs, there is no default.

• said said-value—Specifies the security association identifier (SAID) as documented in IEEE 802.10. The range is 1 to 4294967294, and the number must be unique within the administrative domain. The default value is 100000 plus the VLAN ID number.

• shutdown—Shuts down VLAN switching on the VLAN. This command takes effect immediately. Other commands take effect when you exit VLAN configuration mode.

• state—Specifies the VLAN state:

  • active means the VLAN is operational (the default).

  • suspend means the VLAN is suspended. Suspended VLANs do not pass packets.

• ste ste-number—Defines the maximum number of spanning-tree explorer (STE) hops. This keyword applies only to TrCRF VLANs. The range is 0 to 13. The default is 7.

• stp type—Defines the spanning-tree type for FDDI-NET, Token Ring-NET, or TrBRF VLANs. For FDDI-NET VLANs, the default STP type is ieee. For Token Ring-NET VLANs, the default STP type is ibm. For FDDI and Token Ring VLANs, the default is no type specified.

  • ieee—IEEE Ethernet STP running source-route transparent (SRT) bridging.

  • ibm—IBM STP running source-route bridging (SRB).

  • auto—STP running a combination of source-route transparent bridging (IEEE) and source-route bridging (IBM).

• tb-vlan1 tb-vlan1-id and tb-vlan2 tb-vlan2-id—Specifies the first and second VLAN to which this VLAN is translationally bridged. Translational VLANs translate FDDI or Token Ring to Ethernet, for example. The range is 0 to 1005. If no value is specified, 0 (no transitional bridging) is assumed.

The following table describes the rules for configuring VLANs:

To change the reconfirmation interval for the VLAN Query Protocol (VQP) client, use the vmps reconfirm global configuration command. To return to the default setting, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

The default reconfirmation interval is 60 minutes.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Usage Guidelines

You can verify your setting by entering the show vmps privileged EXEC command and examining information in the Reconfirm Interval row.

To immediately send VLAN Query Protocol (VQP) queries to reconfirm all dynamic VLAN assignments with the VLAN Membership Policy Server (VMPS), use the vmps reconfirm privileged EXEC command.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Default

None

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Usage Guidelines

You can verify your setting by entering the show vmps privileged EXEC command and examining the VMPS Action row of the Reconfirmation Status section. The show vmps command shows the result of the last time the assignments were reconfirmed either because the reconfirmation timer expired or because the vmps reconfirm command was entered.

To configure the per-server retry count for the VLAN Query Protocol (VQP) client, use the vmps retry command in global configuration mode. Use the no form of this command to return to the default setting.

Command Default

The default retry count is 3.

Command Modes

Global configuration

To configure the primary VLAN Membership Policy Server (VMPS) and up to three secondary servers, use the vmps server command in global configuration mode. Use the no form of this command to remove a VMPS server.

Command Default

No primary or secondary VMPS servers are defined.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Usage Guidelines

The first server entered is automatically selected as the primary server whether or not primary is entered. The first server address can be overridden by using primary in a subsequent command.

If a member switch in a cluster configuration does not have an IP address, the cluster does not use the VMPS server configured for that member switch. Instead, the cluster uses the VMPS server on the command switch, and the command switch proxies the VMPS requests. The VMPS server treats the cluster as a single switch and uses the IP address of the command switch to respond to requests.

When using the no form without specifying the IP address, all configured servers are deleted. If you delete all servers when dynamic access ports are present, the switch cannot forward packets from new sources on these ports because it cannot query the VMPS.

To set or modify the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) configuration characteristics, use the vtp command in global configuration mode. To remove the settings or to return to the default settings, use the no form of this command.

Command Default

The default filename is flash:vlan.dat.

The default mode is server mode and the default database is VLAN.

In VTP Version 3, for the MST database, the default mode is transparent.

No domain name or password is defined.

No password is configured.

Pruning is disabled.

The default version is Version 1.

Command Modes

Global configuration

Usage Guidelines

VTP Version 3 is supported only when the switch is running the LAN Base image.

When you save VTP mode, domain name, and VLAN configurations in the switch startup configuration file and reboot the switch, the VTP and VLAN configurations are selected by these conditions:

• If the VTP mode is transparent in the startup configuration and the VLAN database and the VTP domain name from the VLAN database matches that in the startup configuration file, the VLAN database is ignored (cleared), and the VTP and VLAN configurations in the startup configuration file are used. The VLAN database revision number remains unchanged in the VLAN database.

• If the VTP mode or domain name in the startup configuration do not match the VLAN database, the domain name and VTP mode and configuration for VLAN IDs 1 to 1005 use the VLAN database information.

The vtp file filename cannot be used to load a new database; it renames only the file in which the existing database is stored.

Follow these guidelines when configuring a VTP domain name:

• The switch is in the no-management-domain state until you configure a domain name. While in the no-management-domain state, the switch does not send any VTP advertisements even if changes occur to the local VLAN configuration. The switch leaves the no-management-domain state after it receives the first VTP summary packet on any port that is trunking or after you configure a domain name by using the vtp domain command. If the switch receives its domain from a summary packet, it resets its configuration revision number to 0. After the switch leaves the no-management-domain state, it cannot be configured to reenter it until you clear the NVRAM and reload the software.

• Domain names are case-sensitive.

• After you configure a domain name, it cannot be removed. You can only reassign it to a different domain.

Follow these guidelines when setting VTP mode:

• The no vtp mode command returns the switch to VTP server mode.

• The vtp mode server command is the same as no vtp mode except that it does not return an error if the switch is not in client or transparent mode.

• If the receiving switch is in client mode, the client switch changes its configuration to duplicate the configuration of the server. If you have switches in client mode, be sure to make all VTP or VLAN configuration changes on a switch in server mode, as it has a higher VTP configuration revision number. If the receiving switch is in server mode or transparent mode, the switch configuration is not changed.

• A switch in transparent mode does not participate in VTP. If you make VTP or VLAN configuration changes on a switch in transparent mode, the changes are not propagated to other switches in the network.

• If you change the VTP or VLAN configuration on a switch that is in server mode, that change is propagated to all the switches in the same VTP domain.

• The vtp mode transparent command disables VTP from the domain but does not remove the domain from the switch.

• In VTP Versions 1 and 2, the VTP mode must be transparent for you to add extended-range VLANs or for VTP and VLAN information to be saved in the running configuration file. VTP supports extended-range VLANs in client and server mode and saves them in the VLAN database.

• With VTP Versions 1 and 2, if extended-range VLANs are configured on the switch and you attempt to set the VTP mode to server or client, you receive an error message, and the configuration is not allowed. Changing VTP mode is allowed with extended VLANs in VTP Version 3.

• The VTP mode must be transparent for you to add extended-range VLANs or for VTP and VLAN information to be saved in the running configuration file.

• VTP can be set to either server or client mode only when dynamic VLAN creation is disabled.

• The vtp mode off command sets the device to off. The no vtp mode off command resets the device to the VTP server mode.

Follow these guidelines when setting a VTP password:

• Passwords are case sensitive. Passwords should match on all switches in the same domain.

• When you use the no vtp password form of the command, the switch returns to the no-password state.

• The hidden and secret keywords are supported only in VTP Version 3. If you convert from VTP Version 2 to VTP Version 3, you must remove the hidden or secret keyword before the conversion.

Follow these guidelines when setting VTP pruning:

• VTP pruning removes information about each pruning-eligible VLAN from VTP updates if there are no stations belonging to that VLAN.

• If you enable pruning on the VTP server, it is enabled for the entire management domain for VLAN IDs 1 to 1005.

• Only VLANs in the pruning-eligible list can be pruned.

• Pruning is supported with VTP Version 1 and Version 2.

Follow these guidelines when setting the VTP version:

• Toggling the Version 2 (v2) mode state modifies parameters of certain default VLANs.

• Each VTP switch automatically detects the capabilities of all the other VTP devices. To use Version 2, all VTP switches in the network must support Version 2; otherwise, you must configure them to operate in VTP Version 1 mode.

• If all switches in a domain are VTP Version 2-capable, you only need to configure Version 2 on one switch; the version number is then propagated to the other Version-2 capable switches in the VTP domain.

• If you are using VTP in a Token Ring environment, VTP Version 2 must be enabled.

• If you are configuring a Token Ring bridge relay function (TrBRF) or Token Ring concentrator relay function (TrCRF) VLAN media type, you must use Version 2.

• If you are configuring a Token Ring or Token Ring-NET VLAN media type, you must use Version 1.

• In VTP Version 3, all database VTP information is propagated across the VTP domain, not only VLAN database information.

• Two VTP Version 3 regions can only communicate over a VTP Version 1 or VTP Version 2 region in transparent mode.

You cannot save password, pruning, and version configurations in the switch configuration file.

To enable the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) on a per-port basis, use the vtp command in interface configuration mode. To disable VTP on the interface, use the no form of this command.

Syntax Description

This command has no arguments or keywords.

Command Default

None

Command Modes

Interface configuration

Usage Guidelines

Enter this command only on interfaces that are in trunking mode.

This command is supported only when the switch is running the LAN Base image and VTP Version 3.

To configure a switch as the VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) primary server, use the vtp primary command in privileged EXEC mode.

Command Default

The switch is a VTP secondary server.

Command Modes

Privileged EXEC

Usage Guidelines

A VTP primary server updates the database information and sends updates that are honored by all devices in the system. A VTP secondary server can only back up the updated VTP configurations received from the primary server to NVRAM.

By default, all devices come up as secondary servers. Primary server status is needed only for database updates when the administrator issues a takeover message in the domain. You can have a working VTP domain without any primary servers.

Primary server status is lost if the device reloads or domain parameters change.

Note	This command is supported only when the switch is running VTP Version 3.