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Chapter 12 Configuring Dynamic VLAN Membership with VMPS
Configuration Guidelines for Dynamic Ports and VMPS
Configuration Guidelines for Dynamic Ports and VMPS
This section lists the guidelines for configuring dynamic ports and VMPS:
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You must specify a primary VMPS server; you can specify up to two backup VMPS servers in your
network.
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The primary VMPS server and backup VMPS servers do not communicate with each other about the
VMPS database. You must enable VMPS on each server, and manually update each VMPS server
when you update the VMPS database.
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You must configure VMPS before you configure ports as dynamic.
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When you configure a port as dynamic, spanning tree PortFast is enabled automatically for that port.
Automatic enabling of spanning tree PortFast prevents applications on the host from timing out and
entering loops that are caused by incorrect configurations. You can disable spanning tree PortFast
mode on a dynamic port.
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If you reconfigure a port from a static port to a dynamic port on the same VLAN, the port connects
immediately to that VLAN. However, VMPS checks the legality of the specific host on the dynamic
port after a specified period.
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Static secure ports cannot become dynamic ports. You must turn off security on the static secure port
before it can become dynamic.
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Static ports that are trunking cannot become dynamic ports. You must turn off trunking on the trunk
port before changing it from static to dynamic.
Note
The VTP management domain and the management VLAN of VMPS clients and the VMPS server must
be the same. For more information, see
Chapter 9, “Configuring VTP,”
and
Chapter 10, “Configuring
VLANs.”
Table 12-1 Defaults for VMPS Servers and VMPS Clients
Feature
Default Configuration
VMPS Server
VMPS enable state
Disabled
VMPS management domain
Null
VMPS TFTP server
None
VMPS database configuration
filename
vmps-config-database.1
VMPS fallback VLAN
Null
VMPS secure mode
Open
VMPS no domain requests
Allow
VMPS Client
VMPS domain server
None
VMPS reconfirm interval
60 min
VMPS server retry count
3 attempts
Dynamic ports
No dynamic ports configured