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NETW206 Ch 04
VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| MD5 Digest | Message digest 5 is an algorithm used for message authentication in SNMPv2 and several other network protocols. It verifies the integrity of the communication, authenticates the origin, and checks for timeliness. |
| Request Advertisements | Sent if the VTP domain has changed, subset advertisement msg is missed, the switch is reset, or receives a summary advertisement w/ a higher config revision. |
| Subset Advertisement | Contains VLAN information. Version, Code, Sequence #, Domain Name Length, Management Domain Name, Configuration Revision #, & VLAN-info fields. |
| Summary Advertisements | Contains the VTP domain, current revision #, and other VTP configuration details. Constitutes the majority of VTP advertisement traffic. Sent every 5 mins or immediately after a configuration has been made. |
| VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) | Cisco proprietary Layer 2 protocol that enables a network manager to configure a single switch so that is propagates VLAN config info to other switches on the network, as well as synchronize the info with the switches in the VTP domain. |
| VTP Advertisements | messages transmitted between Catalyst switches to share & synchronize VLAN configuration details in the switched LAN. |
| VTP Client | Are not permitted to create, change, or delete VLANs. It stores VLAN info for the VTP domain only while the switch is on, a reset or power down deletes the VLAN information. A switch must be manually config'd to change mode from VTP server to VTP client. |
| VTP Configuration Revision Number | A number that indicates the current stat of the VLAN info on the switch. The number enables the synchronization of VLAN information within the VTP domain. |
| VTP Domain | A set of Catalyst switches with the same VTP domain name. |
| VTP Modes | There are 3 modes, Server, Client, & Transparent. The operating mode determines how the switch uses and shares VLAN information. |
| VTP Password | A VTP password must match on all switches in a VTP domain. The password secures the information in the VTP domain and prevents a rogue switch added to a network from compromising VLAN information. |
| VTP Pruning | Prevents unnecessary transmission of VLAN info from one VLAN across all trunks in a VTP domain. Disabled by default. |
| VTP Server | Advertises the VTP domain VLAN info to other VTP-enabled switches in the same VTP domain. They store the VLAN info for the entire domain in NVRAM. |
| VTP Transparent | This mode forwards VTP advertisements to VTP clients and VTP servers, but does not originate or otherwise process VTP advertisements. VLANS that are created, renamed, or deleted on a VTP transparent mode switch are local to that switch only. |
| VTP Version | VTP has 3 versions: v1, v2, & v3. Catalyst 2960 & 3560 switches support versions 1 & 2. |