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VLAN,TRUNKING,VTP:INTERVIEWQUESTIONS

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4Votes

1.CanNativeVLANbetagged?
Yes,NativeVLANcanbetagged

2.Isitpossible:
Network:SASBSC
SA(NativeVLANis10)(NativeVLANis10)SB(NativeVLANis20)(NativeVLANis20)SC
Willitwork?
Ans:Yes
Atoppositeendcomparingtrunkports,Parametersshouldmatch,butmayvaryinwholenetwork

3.Isitpossible:SASB
SA(NativeVLANis10:Tagged)(NativeVLANis10:Untagged)SB
Ans:No
TracwillowfromSAtoSB,butnotfromSBtoSA

4.HowmanyNativeVLANcanebemadeonaswitch?
Ans:Atmaximum,NumberofNativeVLANs=NumberofTrunkports

5.CanideleteDefaultVLAN.Ifdeleted,whataretheeects?
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5.CanideleteDefaultVLAN.Ifdeleted,whataretheeects?
Ans:No
DefaultVLANcannotbedeleted.As,DefaultVLANcarriescontrollingtraclikeCDP,VTP.
IfCDP(CiscoDiscoveryProtocol)tracgetsstopped,deviceswillnotbeabletodetectotherphysical
devices

6.WhatistheconceptofManagementVLAN.Whatistherecommendationregardingitsuse?

Ans.

AnyLayer3VLANcanbetheManagementVLAN.SimplyCongureLayer3VLAN,congureIP,
ConguredescriptionasManagementVLAN.ItisrecommendednottouseVLAN1asmanagement
VLAN.

As,VLAN1isthedefaultVLAN,whichcarriesControllingtraclikeCDP,VTP,DTP.

7.Whataretheconditionsforenablingtrunking?

Ans.

Example:SWITCHA(F0/0)(F0/1)SWITCHB

>>PortF0/0andPortF0/1,bothshouldbetrunkports

>>VLANsmustbeallowedonboththeTrunkports

>>ForPortsF0/0andPortF0/1,NativeVLANshouldbesameonbothsides

>>Encapsulationtypeshouldbesameonbothsides,eitherISLor802.1Q

8.HowtomakeRevisionnumber=0foraswitch?

Ans.TwoOptions

>MakeVTPdomainnameasanybogus(orFakename),thiswillresettherevisionnumber

>ChangeswitchmodetoTransparentmode,thiswillresettherevisionnumber

9.InaVTPdomain,howmanySwitchescanbethereinServerMode?

Ans.

Assuchthereisnolimitation,nooneisprimaryorsecondary,Numberofswitchesinservermode
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Assuchthereisnolimitation,nooneisprimaryorsecondary,Numberofswitchesinservermode
simplymeansdierentpointinnetworktomanageVLANs

10.InaVTPdomain,Whatisthedefaultmodeofaswitch?

Ans.

ServerMode

11.Whatisthedierencebetweenversion2&version3inVTP?

REFERENCELINK

hp://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12
2SX/conguration/guide/book/vtp.html#wp1020429
(hp://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/catalyst6500/ios/12
2SX/conguration/guide/book/vtp.html#wp1020429)

12.CanwesendARPrequestfromaL2device?

Ans.

WeneedLayer3capabilityforanyVLAN,tosendARPrequest.

RealWorldScenario

OnLayer2switch,wecancongureonlyoneIPformanagementorsimplytogetremoteaccessof
switch.

wemakeLayer2VLANsonLayer2Switch.CorrespondingtotheseLayer2VLANs,wecongure
Layer3VLANsonconnectedLayer3Switch.Then,Layer3switchsendsARPrequest.

Example

SwitchA(Layer2)=======(Layer3)SwitchB

OnswitchwemakeanyVLAN,sayVLAN10.So,wehavetoLayer3VLAN(orSVI)onSwitchB.
Now,SwitchAgotthecapabilityofsendingARP.

13.CanwemaketwoSVIsforasingleVLAN?

Ans.

Yes:Incasewehavetwodierentrouters.wedothiskindofcongurationinHSRP.

Example:
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Example:

R1Conguration:R1#shrunningcongintvlan3

interfaceVlan3

ipaddress10.144.3.253255.255.255.0

standby1ip10.144.3.1

standby1priority110

R2conguration:R2#shrunningcongintvlan3

interfaceVlan3

ipaddress10.144.3.254255.255.255.0

standby1ip10.144.3.1

No:Incaseofasinglerouter

14.If3newVLANshastobeaddedinthenetwork,ihavetwooptionstocongure

Option1:

Doitonebyone

switch(cong)#vlan10

switch(cong)#vlan11

switch(cong)#vlan12

Option2:

switch(cong)#vlan13

Whatistheeect,Revisionnumberincreasedwillbesameordierentusingaboveconguration
methods?

Ans.

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ChangeinRevisionnumberisdierent

Inrstoption,Revisionno.getsincreasedby3

Insecondoption,Revisionno.getsincreasedby1

ReferenceVideo:startsat28:00

15.TwoSwitchesareinVTPServermodewithdierentVLANs.RevisionNumberofboththe
switchesis0.WhichswitchwilloverwritehisownVLANDatabaseontoother,ifbothswitchesarein
thesameVTPDomain?

Ans.

Theonewherechangeisperformedrst;Bothswitchesdontdoanythinguntilyouaddorremoveany
vlans,sothatrevisionnumbergoesup;thenthatswitchwillpushvlansontotheotherone

16.Scenario:WehaveSwitchAinServermodewithRevisionnumber10&anotherSwitchBin
ClientmodewithRevisionnumber20.Whowillwin&overwritetheanothersSwitchVLAN
database?

Ans.

Inanycase,Revisionnumberalwaystakestheprecedence.Thatswhyitisrecommendedtoaddnew
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Inanycase,Revisionnumberalwaystakestheprecedence.Thatswhyitisrecommendedtoaddnew
switchinthenetworkwithrevisionnumberasZERO.So,SwitchBwilloverwritethedatabaseofSwitch
A.

17.IfaSwitchisinClientmode,Canweenterintothecongurationmode?

Ans.

No

18.Bythestatement,VLANisdown.Whattoconcludefromthisstatement?

Ans.
IfaVlanisdown,itsimplymeansthatPhysicalportsassociatedwiththeVLANaredown.

ExampleScenario

Logs

Sep207:29:25EDT:%LINK3UPDOWN:InterfaceVlan100,changedstatetodown
Sep207:29:25EDT:%LINEPROTO5UPDOWN:LineprotocolonInterfaceVlan100,changedstateto
down

core#shintdes|iGi7/2
Gi7/2downdownConnectiontoswitch

Comment

Gi7/2istheportassignedtoVLAN100,Gi7/2isindownstate.

19.IfaVLANinterfaceorSVIwentdown&wewanttomaketheVLANinterfaceorSVItobeup
forcefully.

Howtodothat&inwhichscenario,thiswillberequired?

Ans.

CommandtomakeinterfaceVLANtobeupforcefully,

noautostateunderSVIinterface.

Scenario
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