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Administering and Monitoring the VMPS, Troubleshooting Dynamic Port VLAN Membership, Dynamic Port

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How the VMPS Works Chapter 8 Configuring VLANs Administering and Monitoring the VMPS You can display information about the VMPS by using the privileged EXEC show vmps command. The switch displays this information about the VMPS: VMPS VQP Version The version of VQP used to communicate with the VMPS. The switch queries the VMPS using version 1 of VQP. Reconfirm Interval The number of minutes the switch waits before reconfirming the VLAN-to-MAC-address assignments. Server Retry Count The number of times VQP resends a query to the VMPS. If no response is received after this many tries, the switch starts to query the secondary VMPS. VMPS domain server The IP address of the configured VLAN membership policy servers. The switch sends queries to the one marked current. The one marked primary is the primary server. VMPS Action The result of the most recent reconfirmation attempt. This can happen automatically when the reconfirmation interval expired, or you can force it by entering the privileged EXEC vmps reconfirm command or its Cluster Management software or SNMP equivalent. Troubleshooting Dynamic Port VLAN Membership The VMPS shuts down a dynamic port under these conditions: • The VMPS is in secure mode, and it will not allow the host to connect to the port. The VMPS shuts down the port to prevent the host from connecting to the network. • More than 20 active hosts reside on a dynamic port. To reenable a shut-down dynamic port, enter the interface configuration no shutdown command. Dynamic Port VLAN Membership Configuration Example Figure 8-7 shows a network with a VMPS server switch and VMPS client switches with dynamic ports. In this example, these assumptions apply: • The VMPS server and the VMPS client are separate switches. • The Catalyst 5000 series Switch 1 is the primary VMPS server. • The Catalyst 5000 series Switch 3 and Switch 10 are secondary VMPS servers. • End stations are connected to these clients: - Catalyst 2900 XL Switch 2 - Catalyst 3500 XL Switch 9 • The database configuration file is called Bldg-G.db and is stored on the TFTP server with the IP address 172.20.22.7. 8-42 Catalyst 2900 Series XL and Catalyst 3500 Series XL Software Configuration Guide 78-6511-08

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Chapter 8
Configuring VLANs
How the VMPS Works
Administering and Monitoring the VMPS
You can display information about the VMPS by using the privileged EXEC
show vmps
command. The
switch displays this information about the VMPS:
Troubleshooting Dynamic Port VLAN Membership
The VMPS shuts down a dynamic port under these conditions:
The VMPS is in secure mode, and it will not allow the host to connect to the port. The VMPS shuts
down the port to prevent the host from connecting to the network.
More than 20 active hosts reside on a dynamic port.
To reenable a shut-down dynamic port, enter the interface configuration
no shutdown
command.
Dynamic Port VLAN Membership Configuration Example
Figure 8-7
shows a network with a VMPS server switch and VMPS client switches with dynamic ports.
In this example, these assumptions apply:
The VMPS server and the VMPS client are separate switches.
The Catalyst 5000 series Switch 1 is the primary VMPS server.
The Catalyst 5000 series Switch 3 and Switch 10 are secondary VMPS servers.
End stations are connected to these clients:
Catalyst 2900 XL Switch 2
Catalyst 3500 XL Switch 9
The database configuration file is called Bldg-G.db and is stored on the TFTP server with the IP
address 172.20.22.7.
VMPS VQP Version
The version of VQP used to communicate with the VMPS. The switch queries the VMPS using version
1 of VQP.
Reconfirm Interval
The number of minutes the switch waits before reconfirming the VLAN-to-MAC-address
assignments.
Server Retry Count
The number of times VQP resends a query to the VMPS. If no response is received after this many
tries, the switch starts to query the secondary VMPS.
VMPS domain server
The IP address of the configured VLAN membership policy servers. The switch sends queries to the
one marked
current
. The one marked
primary
is the primary server.
VMPS Action
The result of the most recent reconfirmation attempt. This can happen automatically when the
reconfirmation interval expired, or you can force it by entering the privileged EXEC
vmps reconfirm
command or its Cluster Management software or SNMP equivalent.