[c-nsp] Trying to set vtp v2 mode fails

[Orion Poplawski]

Adrian Pirciu wrote:
> Remove vlan.dat and _reload_ the switch. If it still doesn't work, try 
> removing startup-config, vlan.dat, _reboot_ and it should work. On 
> 3500XL the running-config doesn't contain vtp and vlan configuration, 
> so deleting startup-config shouldn't make a difference, but never say 
> never...
> 
> If it still doesn't work, i'm all out of ideas. I'm pretty sure that it 
> needs a reboot after deleting vlan.dat, though..
> 

Removed vlan.dat and reloaded to no effect.  I don't see a 
startup-config to remove:

cat35#show flash:

Directory of flash:/

113  -rwx         108   Aug 20 2003 10:51:36  info.ver
   3  -rwx       90815   Dec 10 1999 13:27:54  c3500XL-diag-mz-120.5.1-XP
   4  drwx         768   Aug 20 2003 10:51:36  html
   7  -rwx     1797756   Aug 20 2003 10:49:59 
c3500xl-c3h2s-mz.120-5.WC5.bin
228  -rwx          19   Jul 31 1993 11:30:34  prefs.text
  18  -rwx       21790   Feb 28 1993 18:00:43  cat35.log
   6  -rwx         188   May 15 1993 03:43:07  placement.txt
231  -rwx         108   Aug 20 2003 10:48:26  info
   2  -rwx         313   Aug 20 2003 10:48:25  env_vars
  21  -rwx        3761   Oct 27 2004 14:05:22  config.text

3612672 bytes total (273920 bytes free)

Can someone send me their "show vlan" output?  I'd like to compare the 
defaults to mine.  Thanks for everyone's help.

cat35#show vlan
VLAN Name                             Status    Ports
---- -------------------------------- --------- 
-------------------------------
1    default                          active    Fa0/1, Fa0/2, Fa0/3, Fa0/4,
                                                 Fa0/5, Fa0/6, Fa0/7, Fa0/8,
                                                 Fa0/9, Fa0/10, Fa0/11, 
Fa0/12,
                                                 Fa0/13, Fa0/14, Fa0/15, 
Fa0/16,
                                                 Fa0/17, Fa0/18, Fa0/19, 
Fa0/20,
                                                 Fa0/21, Fa0/22, Fa0/23, 
Fa0/24,
                                                 Fa0/25, Fa0/26, Fa0/27, 
Fa0/28,
                                                 Fa0/29, Fa0/30, Fa0/31, 
Fa0/32,
                                                 Fa0/33, Fa0/34, Fa0/35, 
Fa0/36,
                                                 Fa0/37, Fa0/38, Fa0/39, 
Fa0/40,
                                                 Fa0/41, Fa0/42, Fa0/43, 
Fa0/44,
                                                 Fa0/45, Fa0/46, Fa0/47, 
Fa0/48,
                                                 Gi0/1, Gi0/2
1002 fddi-default                     active
1003 token-ring-default               active
1004 fddinet-default                  active
1005 trnet-default                    active

VLAN Type  SAID       MTU   Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp  BrdgMode Trans1 
Trans2
---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ 
------
1    enet  100001     1500  -      -      -        -    -        0      0
1002 fddi  101002     1500  -      -      -        -    -        0      0
1003 tr    101003     1500  -      -      -        -    -        0      0
1004 fdnet 101004     1500  -      -      -        ieee -        0      0
1005 trnet 101005     1500  -      -      -        ibm  -        0      0