What that blurb is saying is that if you remove a VLAN on a switch running transparent mode the VLAN will only be deleted on that switch. This is correct, transparent mode is basically turning VTP off.
If you clear the VLAN from a server in the VTP domain then you will clear the VLAN on all switches within said domain. In Client mode you you can't do VLAN manipulation, the Server/s is/are King. Dave mlh wrote: > > Hi,Dave, > > First, thank you for your answer. > But I really got confused. Pls read the following excerpt > about Deleting VLAN from the book of Cisco LAN Switching > written by Clark & Hamilton : > You can remove VLANs from the management domain using the clear vlan > vlan_number > command. For example, if you want to remove VLAN 5 from your VTP management > domain, you can type the command clear vlan 5 on a Catalyst configured as a > VTP server. > You cannot delete VLANs from a VTP client Catalyst. If the Catalyst is > configured in > transparent mode, you can delete the VLAN. However, the VLAN is removed only > from the > one Catalyst and is not deleted throughout the management domain. All VLAN > creations > and deletions are only locally significant on a transparent Catalyst. > > So, according the above words, it just remove the portion of vlan 5 on that > Catalyst > which clear command was executed. Is it right? > > >From Woody's answer to my last question : > Vlan 5 will also be cleared on all switches that are configured as > clients as well. Also, any port that is configured on those switches > will also lose their vlan assignment to vlan 5. > > I raised another question: if Woody is right, the portion of vlan 5 on the > Catalysts > configured as clients will also be removed, then my question is: Will all > clients > or just clients configured from that server-Catalyst which clear command is > executed > be removed? > > Sorry for taking you long time to read my questions. > Any suggestion would be welcome. > > mlh > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "MADMAN" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:14 AM > Subject: Re: Delete VLAN [7:37254] > > > the whole domain. > > > > Dave > > > > mlh wrote: > > > > > > In a VTP domain environment, when you use the command "clear vlan 5" > > > on a Catalyst configured as a VTP server, do you actually remove vlan 5 > > > only from that Catalyst or from all Catalysts in that VTP domain? > > > > > > Thank you. > > -- > > David Madland > > Sr. Network Engineer > > CCIE# 2016 > > Qwest Communications Int. Inc. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 612-664-3367 > > > > "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" -- David Madland Sr. Network Engineer CCIE# 2016 Qwest Communications Int. Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 612-664-3367 "Emotion should reflect reason not guide it" Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=37300&t=37254 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
