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

[teklay gebremichael]

Thanks Ed,
I am able to set the VTP parameters from the vlan database.




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From: Edward Salonia <ed at edgeoc.net>
To: teklay gebremichael <teklish76 at yahoo.com>
Cc: afnog <afnog at afnog.org>; cisco forum <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Fri, April 8, 2011 12:49:37 PM
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] unable to set VTP mode, password and domain name on Cisco 
6509 switch

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


- 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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