Cisco VTP on HP Switches?

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1300

Want to propergate vLan information across multiple switches?

Easy in the Cisco world… Just use VTP - configure a server switch and your away… (it also has its risks if you introduce another server switch with a lower ID)

What does HP have? – GVRP (MVRP newer iteration).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Registration_Protocol

Multiple VLAN Registration Protocol (MVRP), which replaced GARP VLAN Registration Protocol (GVRP), is a standards-based Layer 2 network protocol, for automatic configuration of VLAN information on switches. It was defined in the 802.1ak amendment to 802.1Q-2005.

Router on a stick - Adding VLANs to a cisco router

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 +1300

Telnet to your cisco router, enable then go into config t. Passwords may be required depending on how it has been configured…

config t

Ensure that ip routing has been enabled…

ip routing

To create the VLAN adapter you’ll need to run the following commands to create a “router on a stick”… Note: the .2 after the interface name creates a virtual adapter on the interface.

interface FastEthernet1/1.2 description “VM Host Network” encapsulation dot1Q 2 ip address 172.25.2.1 255.255.255.0

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Cisco VTP on HP Switches?

Router on a stick - Adding VLANs to a cisco router