[c-nsp] VTP Design Decisions

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

Michael Robson <> wrote on Friday, May 05, 2006 2:00 PM:

>  I am trying to come up with a VTP design for a network with 11 core
> routers and a handful of switches, but cannot see the obvious
> solution. Do I have all routers and switches in the same domain? Do I
> have all devices set as servers to make VLAN change propagation
> simpler or should I have a couple of servers and everything else as
> clients? Are there any major factors that people are aware of that
> might help steer me in one particular direction; any issues pros/cons
> I am thus far aware of seem to be no help in making a decision?

take a look at the discussion/evaluation in
http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/103.html#vlan_trunking_protocol

There up- and downsides to VTP.. 

	oli