Which protocol provides a method of sharing VLAN configuration information between switches?

The correct answer is A. VTP. VTP (VLAN Trunking Protocol) is a Cisco Layer 2 messaging protocol that propagates VLAN configuration - including VLAN IDs and names - from a VTP server to all VTP client and transparent switches within the same VTP domain over trunk links. This eliminates the need to manually cr

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Which protocol provides a method of sharing VLAN configuration information between switches?

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AVTP
BSTP
CISL
D802.1Q
EVLSM

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Explanation

VTP (VLAN Trunking Protocol) is a Cisco Layer 2 messaging protocol that propagates VLAN configuration - including VLAN IDs and names - from a VTP server to all VTP client and transparent switches within the same VTP domain over trunk links. This eliminates the need to manually create VLANs on every switch. STP (Spanning Tree Protocol) prevents Layer 2 loops but does not share VLAN information. ISL and 802.1Q are VLAN trunking/tagging encapsulation standards, not configuration-sharing protocols. VLSM (Variable Length Subnet Masking) is an IP addressing technique, entirely unrelated to VLAN management.

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