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&gt;However, all switches are set to be servers. &nbsp;Is this going to interfere with anything<br />
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Only if changes are made to the VLAN database on two switches at the same time.<br />
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&gt;Or, should I just set the core to server and all of the others to clients?<br />
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It is recommended to have only one server. Some people have two servers in case of a failure but that's not really necessary.<br />
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Personally, my &quot;best practices&quot; for VTP is to disable it. :-) It's an opinion, but I feel the risks of VTP do not outweigh the benefits.<br />
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I am wondering what the &quot;Best Practice&quot; should be for VTP. &nbsp;I have a network that is running VTP on all of the switches. &nbsp;However, all switches are set to be servers. &nbsp;Is this going to interfere with anything. &nbsp;I would like to be able to make vlan changes on any switch in the network and have them propagate to the others. &nbsp;Or, should I just set the core to server and all of the others to clients? &nbsp;I also want to enable pruning to save bandwidth. &nbsp;Thanks for your input.
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I am wondering what the "Best Practice" should be for VTP.  I have a network that is running VTP on all of the switches.  However, all switches are set to be servers.  Is this going to interfere with anything.  I would like to be able to make vlan changes on any switch in the network and have them propagate to the others.  Or, should I just set the core to server and all of the others to clients?  I also want to enable pruning to save bandwidth.  Thanks for your input.

A switch is a device that filters and forwards packets of data between LAN segments. Switches operate at the data link layer or the network layer of the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) Reference Model and therefore support any packet protocol. LANs that use switches to join segments are called switched LANs or, in the case of Ethernet networks, switched Ethernet LANs. A hub is a connection point for devices in a network. Hubs are commonly used to connect segments of a LAN. A hub contains multiple ports; when a packet arrives at one port, it is copied to the other ports so that all segments of the LAN can see all packets.

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