[c-nsp] Removing VTP Server switch

[Sascha E. Pollok]

> On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 03:38:21PM +1100, Kurt Bales wrote:
> > I am a big fan of VTP.
>
> This will change over time :)

Yesterdaaay. VTP probs seemed so faaar awayy..

> [..]
> > I guess my question is, can I simply change every switch to "transparent"
> > mode, and all will will operate happly, or will I need to make another
> > switch set to server mode? I am more than happy to live without VTP in this
> > part of the network.
>
> I haven't tried this with 2900XL switches - but with more recent switches,
> this works perfectly well.  In your case, I'd strongly recommend trying
> it with a non-production switch first (connect to VTP domain, let it learn
> all the VLANs, change to "vtp transparent", see what happens).

I recently got rid of the last VTP client in a cust's
network. It was a 2900XL. The switch went okay with
a short interruption of traffic for whatever reason.

I have seen switches (3500XL) with older IOSes (around 2001) that
showed unexpected behaviour after the switch to transparent.
It stopped trunking some VLANs but not all.
Switching back to Server/Client helped instantly.
Also the usual reboot helped like a charm ;)

Cheers
Sascha