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INDEX

A

: AAA authentication methods 5-3
: aaa new-model command 5-3, 5-7
: accounting in TACACS+ 5-2
: advertisements, VTP 2-4
: allowed list, VLANs 3-6
: allowed VLANs, configuring 3-6
: allowed-VLAN list 2-19
: AppleTalk Remote Access (ARA) 5-4
: ATM trunks and other features 3-20
: authentication in TACACS+ 5-2
: authorization in TACACS+ 5-2

B

: blocking unknown packets 3-20

C

Cisco Connection Online (CCO)

: URLs vii

Cisco Visual Switch Manager help system 1-1, 1-3

client mode, VTP 2-3

clusters of switches 2-18

command switches

: and VTP 2-1
: in VMPS 4-1

command-line interface (CLI) 1-3

configuration guidelines

: for VMPS 4-4
: for VTP 2-7

consistency checks in VTP version 2 2-5

conventions, document viii

D

default configuration

: VLANs 2-22
: VMPS 4-5
: VTP 2-8

disable trunking on a port 3-7

document conventions viii

Documentation CD-ROM vii

domains, for VLAN management 2-2

DTP 3-4

Dynamic ISL (DISL) 3-4

dynamic port VLAN membership

: configuring 4-6
: example 4-12
: overview 4-3
: reconfirming 4-9, 4-10
: troubleshooting 4-10

Dynamic Trunk Protocol (DTP) 3-4

E

: encapsulation 3-2

F

: Fast Ethernet trunks 3-2
: FDDI VLAN defaults and ranges 2-23
: FDDI-Net defaults and ranges 2-24
: feedback to Cisco Systems, web vii

G

: Gigabit Ethernet trunks 3-2

H

: help, for manager software 1-3
: hosts, limit on dynamic port 4-10

I

IEEE 802.1Q

: configuration considerations 3-2
: overview 3-2
: trunk port 3-4

Inter-Switch Link, see ISL

IP subnetworks and VLANs 2-20

ISL

: configuring 3-4
: overview 3-2

L

limit of hosts on dynamic ports 4-10

load sharing

: via STP path cost 3-13
: via STP port priorities 3-9

M

management options

: Cisco View 1-3
: Cisco Visual Switch Manager Software 1-3
: CLI 1-3
: SNMP 1-3

member switches

: accessing CLI 2-31, 3-4
: and VTP 2-1
: in VMPS 4-1

membership mode 2-19

modes, VTP

: client 2-3
: server 2-3
: transitions 2-3
: transparent 2-4

N

: NCPs 5-4
: Network Control Protocols (NCPs) 5-4
: network port 3-20
: note, description ix

P

parallel links 3-8

passwords, from a TACACS+ server 5-1

path cost 3-13

Point to Point Protocol (PPP) 5-4

port grouping with trunks 3-20

port monitoring conflicts with trunks 3-20

port priorities 3-9

PortFast STP parameter 4-4

ports

dynamic access 2-19

dynamic VLAN membership

: configuring 4-6
: example 4-12
: overview 4-3
: reconfirming 4-9, 4-10

multi-VLAN 2-19

static-access 2-19

trunks 2-19, 3-2

VLAN assignments 2-31

PPP 5-4

pruning, VTP 2-6

R

redundancy

: via STP path cost 3-13
: via STP port priorities 3-9
: via STP UplinkFast 3-18

remove vlan-list parameter 3-6

S

secure ports 3-20

security in TACACS+ 5-2

Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) 5-4

server mode, VTP 2-3

Simple Network Protocol

: see SNMP

SLIP 5-4

SNMP 1-3

software upgrade 1-3

Spanning-Tree Protocol

: see STP

standard edition software, switches supported on 1-3

statistics

: VTP 2-16

STP

: load sharing overview 3-8
: load sharing using path costs 3-13
: load sharing using port priorities 3-9
: Port Fast parameter 4-4
: port grouping parameters 3-20

switchport command 3-4

T

TACACS+

: AAA accounting commands 5-5
: AAA authorization commands 5-4
: creating a TACACS+ server 5-5
: initializing 5-3, 5-7

tacacs-server host command 5-5, 5-6

tacacs-server retransmit command 5-6, 5-7

tacacs-server timeout command 5-6

Token Ring VLANs

: overview 2-21
: TrBRF 2-5
: TrCRF 2-5

transparent mode, VTP 2-4

trunks

: allowed VLANs 3-6
: and port grouping 3-20
: and port monitoring 3-20
: ATM 3-20
: blocking unknown packets on 3-20
: configuration conflicts 3-20
: configured as network port 3-20
: configuring 3-4
: disabling 3-7
: Gigabit 3-2
: IEEE 802.1Q 3-2
: interacting with other features 3-20
: ISL 3-2
: load sharing using STP path costs 3-13
: load sharing using STP port priorities 3-9
: overview 3-2
: parallel 3-13
: VLANs, allowed 3-6

U

: unknown unicast and multicast packets 3-20
: Unrecognized Type-Length-Value (TLV) support 2-5
: URLs for reaching Cisco vii

V

Version-Dependent Transparent Mode 2-5

VLAN Management Policy Server

: See VMPS

VLAN Query Protocol (VQP) 4-2

VLANs

802.1Q considerations 3-2

adding 2-26

allowed on trunk 3-6

and Cisco Visual Switch Manager 1-4

and static-access ports 2-27

and switch clusters 2-1

assigning ports to 2-31

changing 2-27

configuration guidelines 2-22

default configuration 2-22

deleting 2-29

Ethernet 2-26

IP subnetworks and 2-20

ISL 3-2

maximum number of 1-2

membership modes 2-19

menu items 1-4

overview 2-18

ports, assigning to 2-31

rcommand 2-1

Token Ring 2-21

trunks

: See trunks

trunks configured with other features 3-18

VTP domain and 2-20

VTP modes 2-3

VMPS

administering 4-7

configuration file example 4-11

database configuration file 4-11

dynamic port membership

: configuring 4-6
: example 4-12
: overview 4-3
: reconfirming 4-9, 4-10

in a cluster of switches 4-1

monitoring 4-7

overview 4-1

reconfirming membership 4-10

reconfirming membership information 4-9

VTP

advertisements 2-4

client, configuring 2-11

configuration guidelines 2-7

consistency checks 2-5

default configuration 2-8

disabling 2-12

domains 2-2

modes

: client 2-3
: server 2-3
: transparent 2-4

monitoring 2-16

overview 2-2

pruning 2-6

server, configuring 2-9

statistics 2-16

Token Ring support 2-5

transparent mode, configuring 2-12

version 1 2-5

version 2 2-5

: disabling 2-15
: enabling 2-13
: overview 2-5

VLANs and 2-20

W

: World Wide Web, for providing feedback vii

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