VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP)
Recall that the purpose of configuring VLAN tagging is to enable traffic from multiple VLANs to cross a trunk link interconnecting switches. However, VLAN tagging does not help ease the burden of configuring individual VLANs on multiple switches; this is where the Cisco VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) can help.
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 | The VTP is a Cisco-proprietary protocol and is useful in large Cisco switch-based environments that include multiple VLANs. |
The purpose of VTP is to provide a way to manage Cisco switches as a single group for VLAN configuration purposes. For example, if VTP is enabled on Cisco switches, the creation of a new ...
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