[c-nsp] unable to set VTP mode, password and domain name on Cisco 6509 switch

[Edward Salonia]

You may need to set it in VLAN database mode on that IOS version. See:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk689/technologies_configuration_example09186a0080890607.shtml#conf1

<http://www.cisco.com/en/US/tech/tk389/tk689/technologies_configuration_example09186a0080890607.shtml#conf1>-
Ed

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 5:35 AM, teklay gebremichael <teklish76 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hello,
> i have recently created new vlan on my Cisco 6509 core switch. but the
> newly
> created vlan was not learned by other switches in the network. i found out
> that
> the vtp domain name is different. the supervisor engine on the 6509 is
> brought
> from another network with different vtp domain name. the IOS version is
>  Version
> 12.1(8a)E5. when i try to change the vtp domain name to the right one, even
> i
> don't have the option to set from the command line. from the global
> configuration mode, i only have the following option that i can not change
> the
> mode, password, mgt domain.
> MEKENDCS01(config)#vtp ?
>  file   Configure IFS filesystem file where VTP configuration is stored.
>  if-id  Configure interface as the preferred source for the VTP IP updater
> address.
>
> again the option to create vlan from global configuration mode is not
> available.
> i can only create vlans from vlan database.
> MEKENDCS01(config)#vlan ?
>  mapping  Configure .1q/ISL VLAN mappings
>  vtp status is as follows.
> MEKENDCS01#sh vtp statu
> VTP Version                     : 2
> Configuration Revision          : 16
> Maximum VLANs supported locally : 1005
> Number of existing VLANs        : 35
> VTP Operating Mode              : Server
> VTP Domain Name                 : adih
> VTP Pruning Mode                : Disabled
> VTP V2 Mode                     : Enabled
> VTP Traps Generation            : Enabled
> MD5 digest                      : 0x46 0x86 0xAB 0xB8 0x89 0xF7 0x6F 0x0A
> Configuration last modified by 10.128.1.2 at 4-1-11 06:20:45
> Local updater ID is 10.128.1.2 on interface Vl1 (lowest numbered VLAN
> interface
> found)
>
> i appreciate Any help on how to fix this problem.
> thanks in advance
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