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Which protocol cisco is used for trunk?

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Question added by Sajid Hussain , Network Engineer , Department of Defence
Date Posted: 2013/11/29
Aya Omar
by Aya Omar , IT Manager Assistant , AID

802.1Q

VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) of Cisco Catalyst switches to simplify management of the VLAN database across multiple switches.

Chandrasiri Guanaratna
by Chandrasiri Guanaratna , IT Manager , Computerland International

in adition open method to configure trunk we use IEEE802.1q mode in Cisco Switches as well

in cisco example  as  below

conf t

int fa0

switchport mode trunk

switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q

exit

 

when you want to allow  certain val in this  trunk use below

switchport trunk allowed vlan Number1, Number2

 

Saqib Mehmood
by Saqib Mehmood , Technical Team Lead/Safety Supervisor , Xchange Technology Group

Inter-Switch Link (ISL), which is a Cisco proprietary protocol

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