Lab 5

Virtual LAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) Modes

Learning Objectives:

In this Lab students will exercise the features of VLAN and also VTP role in sharing information of VLAN
database between connected Switches. Students will learn and implement VTP modes i.e. Server, Client
and Transparent.

Physical Topology:

Background/Preparation
Cable a network similar to the one in the diagram. The configuration output used in this lab is
produced from a 2960 series switch. Any other switch used may produce different output.
Select the “Command Line” option from the menu to perform the steps for this lab.
Step 1: Configuring Trunk between switches

a. Configure Trunk ports between all switches. Use the following command

Switch(config)#switchport mode trunk

b. Check Trunk status on all switches using the command

Switch#show interfaces trunk

c. Write down the port numbers on each switch that are configured for trunk

Step 2: Assigning IP addresses to the computers

PC 1: 192.168.1.1 PC 2: 192.168.1.2 PC 3: 192.168.1.3

Note: At this point all computers should be able to PING each other.

Step 3: Configuring VTP domain name

a. Check VTP status on all switches using the command below

Switch#show vtp status

Note: All switches are in Server Mode and VTP domain name shows empty

b. Login to Switch0, use the command below to configure VTP domain name
Switch0(config)#vtp domain IU

c. Check vtp status again. Domain name should be set to IU now.

d. Check vtp status on all remaining switches. The change will reflect on other switches after short
interval.

Step 4: Configuring VTP Modes

a. Switch0 is already on Server mode. Configure Switch1, Switch2 and Switch3 as Clients using the
command below
Switch(config)#vtp mode client
 b. Configure Transparent mode on Switch4 and Switch5 using the command below
Switch(config)#vtp mode transparent

Step 5: Creating VLANs and verify VTP advertisement

a. Create VLAN2 and VLAN3 on switch0.

b. Check Vlan status on Switch1, 2 and 3. Has VLAN2 and VLAN3 been created automatically on
these switches _____

c. Check VLAN status on Switch4 and 5. Have new vlans been created on these switches __

d. Delete VLAN 3 on Switch0. Check the status on Client switches.

Conclusion:

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Learning Outcomes:

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