[c-nsp] Management Vlan VS Vlan1

[Seth Mattinen]

shadow floating wrote:
> Hi All,
> I just have a question, as we know that Cisco preserve VLAN 1 for
> management issues and network management needed protocols like CDP,
> VTP  and the like, and all access from other VLANs to this VLAN should
> be restricted except from the management VLAN, as for our network, we
> are implementing a new management VLAN on a VLAN id other than 1
> according to some consultant's advice, my question is : is there any
> benefit of migrating the management (all managing and managed devices)
> to another VLAN other than VLAN1 ??...won't in this case we have to
> protect two VLANs (VLAN 1 and the new management VLAN)?...or is there
> a real benefit in the migration of the management VLAN, as for my
> knowledge...VLAN 1 can not be disabled or even pruned on trunk links?
> 
> appreciating your comments
> thanks alot
> 

I don't use VLAN 1 at all anywhere. Except for the disabled ports.

~Seth