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VTP (VLAN Trunking Protocol)

A VLAN (Virtual LAN) allows a network administrator to partition a LAN to conform to the business functions of the organization without physically modifying the network.

A VLAN is created by configuring some ports on network switches to be in the same broadcast domain. Other ports on the network switches can be configured into a different VLAN by configuring them into their same broadcast domain.

If a port on a network switch is connected to another switch, it is called a trunk and can carry multiple VLANS. Devices on one VLAN can't see the devices on a different VLAN without going through a router. Based upon the 802.1Q standard, the data frames of each VLAN are identified by a 12-bit tag, allowing 4,096 different VLANS on the same LAN.

VTP (VLAN Trunking Protocol) is a Cisco proprietary protocol that advertises the VLAN configuration through all the switches in a domain. This allows an administrator to configure VLANs on a single VTP server, easing the administration of a network.

VTP operates in three modes:

In Server mode the VTP server can receive and send advertisements within the entire VTP domain. An administrator can create, modify, and delete VLANs and other configuration parameters for the entire VTP domain. When you make a change to the VLAN configuration on a VTP server, the change is transmitted out all trunk connections.

In Client mode an administrator can receive VTP advertisements from other switches and learn the VLAN configuration of the network, but cannot send VTP advertisements and so cannot create, change, or delete VLANs.

In Transparent mode an administrator can create, delete, and modify VLANs, but the changes are not transmitted to other switches in the domain, they affect only the local switch.

More Networking Protocols and Standards:
• Wireless Standards - 802.11a 802.11b 802.11g 802.11n 802.11i Explained
• IEEE 802.11 Wireless Modulation Methods
• RIP (Routing Information Protocol)
• TCP Windowing
• IP Addressing and Subnetting
• Unicast, Multicast, Broadcast. What Does It Mean?
• IPv6 Flow Label Field
• Classless IP Addressing
• IPv4 Datagram Fields
• What's the Difference Between a Packet and a Frame?

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