Hi, GARP stands for Generic Attribute Registration Protocol. GVRP(GARP VLAN Registration Protocol) allows for the control of IEEE 802.1q VLANs. As I understand GVRP provides dynamic creation and management of VLANs, including pruning of unnecessary broadcasts and unicasts on switches connected through 802.1q trunk ports. This sounds very familiar to Cisco VTP. In addition, GARP standard specifies a GARP Multicast Registration Protocol(GMRP), which allows bridges and switches to register a multicast group membership. Latter sounds similar to IGMP snooping. Is GARP used/supported on Cisco equipment? If yes, has anyone used it instead of Cisco alternatives?
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