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Chapter 19 Configuring Dynamic Port VLAN Membership with VMPS
Dynamic Port VLAN Membership and VMPS Configuration Guidelines
Dynamic Port VLAN Membership and VMPS Configuration
Guidelines
This section describes the guidelines for dynamic port VLAN membership:
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You must configure VMPS before you configure the 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 the 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 certain period.
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The 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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The 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 VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) management domain and the management VLAN of the VMPS
clients and the VMPS server must be the same. For more information, see
Chapter 10, “Configuring
VTP,”
and
Chapter 11, “Configuring VLANs.”
Configuring VMPS and Dynamic Port VLAN Membership on the
Switch
These sections describe how to configure VMPS and define the dynamic ports on the clients:
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Creating the VMPS Database, page 19-4
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Configuring VMPS, page 19-5
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Configuring Dynamic Ports on VMPS Clients, page 19-5
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Administering and Monitoring VMPS, page 19-6
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Configuring Static VLAN Port Membership, page 19-7
VMPS Client
VMPS domain server
None
VMPS reconfirm interval
60 minutes
VMPS server retry count
3
Dynamic ports
No dynamic ports configured
Table 19-1
Default VMPS and Dynamic Port Configuration (continued)
Feature
Default Configuration