CCNA 3 v3.

1 Module 9
Virtual Trunking Protocol

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Objectives

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History of Trunking

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Trunking Concepts

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Frame Filtering

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Frame Tagging

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Inter-Switch Link Protocol

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VLANs and Trunking

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Frame Tagging and Encapsulation Methods

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VTP Benefits

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VTP Concepts

The role of VTP is to maintain VLAN

configuration consistency across a
common network administration domain.
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VTP Mode Comparison

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VTP Operation

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VTP Implementation

• There are two types of VTP

advertisements:
Requests from clients that want information at
bootup
Responses from servers
• There are three types of VTP messages:
Advertisement requests
Summary advertisements
Subset advertisements

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VTP Basic Configuration Steps

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Inter-VLAN Routing

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Inter-VLAN Issues and Solutions

Two of the most common issues that arise

in a multiple-VLAN environment are as
follows:
– The need for end-user devices to
reach nonlocal hosts
– The need for hosts on different VLANs
to communicate

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VLAN Components

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Router on a Stick

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Physical and Logical Interfaces

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Dividing Physical Interfaces into
Subinterfaces

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Summary

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