Troubleshooting Dynamic Port Vlan Membership; Vmps Configuration Example - Cisco Catalyst 2950 Software Configuration Manual

Chapter 13 Configuring VLANs
This is an example of output for the show vmps privileged EXEC command:
Switch# show vmps
VQP Client Status:
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VMPS VQP Version:
Reconfirm Interval: 60 min
Server Retry Count: 3
VMPS domain server: 172.20.128.86 (primary, current)
Reconfirmation status
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VMPS Action:

Troubleshooting Dynamic Port VLAN Membership

The VMPS shuts down a dynamic port under these conditions:
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To re-enable a disabled dynamic port, enter the no shutdown interface configuration command.

VMPS Configuration Example

Figure 13-5
In this example, these assumptions apply:
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172.20.128.87
No Dynamic Port
The VMPS is in secure mode, and it does not allow the host to connect to the port. The VMPS shuts
down the port to prevent the host from connecting to the network.
More than 20 active hosts reside on a dynamic port.
shows a network with a VMPS server switch and VMPS client switches with dynamic ports.
The VMPS server and the VMPS client are separate switches.
The Catalyst 5000 series Switch 1 is the primary VMPS server.
The Catalyst 5000 series Switch 3 and Switch 10 are secondary VMPS servers.
The end stations are connected to these clients:
– Catalyst 2950 Switch 2
– Catalyst 3500 XL Switch 9
The database configuration file is stored on the TFTP server with the IP address 172.20.22.7.
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