Why don't you trunk w/dot.q.
Once you are done, and if you feel pretty strong about using isl, then
change it over; But by then you would have already your vtp.
bye.
>From: Kenneth Rolle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: Kenneth Rolle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "'whitaker'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: RE: isl trunk on 6509
>Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 06:50:59 -0700
>
>I believe that I came across this problem in the past while creating an ISL
>trunk on a 6509. Verify that spantree portfast is disabled on the gigabit
>ports.
>
>Kenneth Rolle
>Network Engineer
>E! Entertainment Television
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: whitaker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2000 10:38 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: isl trunk on 6509
>
>I was trying to set up an ISL trunk on my gigabit fiber link, but it
>responded that it was only able to run in nonegotiate mode. Since this is
>going between two 6509s gigabit fiber link, I was never able to exchange
>VTP
>information between the two in nonegotiate mode, and it wouldn't let me
>switch it to anything else. I now have a trunk running across one of the
>10/100 switch module ports.
>
>Is this a limitation of the gigabit fiber links? Or is there something I'm
>missing here?
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